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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    In 585 BC, a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. They promptly ceased fighting and signed a peace treaty.
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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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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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