English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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