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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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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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