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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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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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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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