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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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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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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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