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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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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