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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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 first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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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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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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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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