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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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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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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Samsung is also a full time weapons manufacturer.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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