English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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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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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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