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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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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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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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