A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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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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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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