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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 ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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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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    In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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