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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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    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 first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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