The flag of the Philippines is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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