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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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    There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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