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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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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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