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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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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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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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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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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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