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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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    Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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