Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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