No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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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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