- The Canadian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.
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- The Canandian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.
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- In the first century, people used to drink goats milk to sweeten their breath.
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- Lighthouse keepers were nicknamed "wickies" because they tended the lamps wick.
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- From 1526 to 1707, the first six Mogul emperors of India ruled in unbroken succession from father to son.
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- In 1685, New France used playing cards as currency because of the shortage of coins.
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- The Roman emperor Commodus was at one time going to change the name of Rome to Colonia Commodiana.
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- Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.
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- The Bank of America was originally called the Bank of Italy until the founder, Amedeo Giannini, changed the name in 1930.
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- In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married.
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- There was a time in Japan where a wife being left handed was a ground for divorce.
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- The mother of famous astronomer Johannes Kepler was accused of being a witch.
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- Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels.
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- Pilgrims did not eat potatoes for Thanksgiving as they thought they were poisonous.
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