Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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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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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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