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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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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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    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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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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