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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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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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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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    France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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    Shortest War
    Shortest War
    The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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