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Despite his promises, Mussolini never made the trains run on time

In 1839, the U.S. and Canada fought the bloodless "War of Pork and Beans".

Henry Kissinger and Yassir Arafat won the Nobel Peace Price. Ghandi never did!

The "D" in D-Day merely stands for "Day". . This coded designation was used for the day of any important invasion or military operation.

Like Dracula, there really was a King Macbeth. He ruled Scotland from 1040 to 1057.

Abel Tasman "discovered" Tasmania, New Zealand and Fiji, on his first voyage, but managed to completely miss mainland Australia.

The Finnish capital of Helsinki was founded by the Swedish King Gustav I in 1550.

When the American Civil War started, Confederate General Robert E. Lee owned no slaves. Union General Grant did.

Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicolas II and George V were all grandchildren of Queen Victoria.

England's King George V was of German descent.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the same day - the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

Ethnic Irishman Bernardo O'Higgins was the first president of the Republic of Chile.

The world powers officially outlawed war under the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact.

There was a New Australia in Paraguay in the 1890's.

Ancient Egypt produced at least six types of beer.

A New Orleans man, Nicolas Girod, hired a pirate to rescue Napoleon from his prison on St. Helena.

Josef Stalin once studied to be a priest.