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 last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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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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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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