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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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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 ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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