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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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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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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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