Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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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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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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