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 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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