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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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