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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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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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