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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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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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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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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