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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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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