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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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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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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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