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    France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    In 585 BC, a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. They promptly ceased fighting and signed a peace treaty.
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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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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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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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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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