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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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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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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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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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