There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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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 handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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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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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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