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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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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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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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