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1. The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839

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Date Added: 2012-03-21 03:31:53
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2. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

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Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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3. If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.

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Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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4. The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

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Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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5. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!

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Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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6. To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles

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7. In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!

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8. Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!

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9. Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.

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Date Added: 2011-07-22 02:15:17
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10. Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.

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11. The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.

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12. Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.

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French, Richard V. The History of Toasting, or Drinking of Healths in England. London: National Temperance Publication Depot, 1882, p. 46.

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Date Added: 2010-09-09 08:04:31
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13. Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”

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Date Added: 2012-02-03 10:26:23
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14. Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.

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Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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15. In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.

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Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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