February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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 telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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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 U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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