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TIL that Quipu, intricate arrays of knotted cords, were used by Andean cultures to record data without a written language.

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BPdb TIL there was Chinese general who defended a town against 150,000 soldiers with only a lute and his reputation for being clever. He opened the gates and sat on the town wall playing the lute. The opposing general thought it was a trap and retreated.
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