Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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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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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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