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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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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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    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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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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