At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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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 first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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