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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    Chinese General With Only 100 Men Made An Army of 150,000 Retreat
    According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Zhuge Liang had to defend a town with a mere 100 troops against an army of 150,000. He hid his men, flung open the gates, and sat on the walls playing a lute. The opposing general of Wei, Sima Yi, certain it was a trap, ordered a retreat.
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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