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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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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