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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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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 average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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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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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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