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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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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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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