In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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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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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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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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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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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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