In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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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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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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