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Was Tulip Mania Even a Bubble?
The most-cited financial bubble in history may be mostly a story invented 200 years later by a man selling a book about crowd madness.
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The War That Lasted 335 Years and Killed Nobody
The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly were allegedly at war from 1651 to 1986. Peace was declared — and historians aren't convinced it was ever real.
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Who Actually Snubbed Jesse Owens?
Everyone knows Hitler refused to shake his hand. Owens himself named a different man.
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