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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.

There's a man named Raffi Stepanian who mines diamonds and gold from New York City sidewalks, making over $600 in one week.

When two strangers are forced to talk and maintain eye contact for a while, it can make them fall in love.

John F. Kennedy rejected his presidential salary of $100,000 a year and donated it to various charities instead.

Japan has a network of "melody roads" that play music as you drive over them at the correct speed.

In 2001, the island country of Niue featured Pikachu and other Pokemon on their currency.

In every episode of the cartoon 'Adventure Time', there's a small hidden snail waving at you.

A 44-year-old man lost around 50%-75% of his brain to hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and continued to live a normal life. Specialists believe the fluid filled so slowly over his life that the brain remapped itself to retain functionality despite the loss of mass.

In response to China's air pollution, a Chinese millionaire started selling cans of fresh air for $0.80 and made over $6 million dollars in 10 months.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

The human testicles can produce 1,500 sperm during every heartbeat.

"Stud Poker" Got Its Name When A Drunk Civil War Vet Gambled a horse.

In 1964, an Australian man successfully posted himself in a crate from London to Perth via air freight, which took a total of three days.

There were originally going to be two note facts, but I need to post proof from different websites with them.

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