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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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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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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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