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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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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