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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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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 Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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