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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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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 Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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