Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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