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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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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Quality dark chocolate contains flavonoids which help reduced the risk of heart disease.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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Research has determined that most people are happiest at 7:26pm on a Saturday night.
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