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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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