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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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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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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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