Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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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 great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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