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 Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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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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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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