The shortest recorded war in history lasted less than an hour between Britain and Zanzibar.

The Battle of Issus was fought between Alexander the Great and Darius III.

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The ancient Greeks made major contributions to philosophy and mathematics.

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Angkor was once the center of the Khmer Empire.

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The League of Nations was formed after World War I.

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Edward Jenner developed one of the first vaccines in 1796.

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Ancient Chinese armies used crossbows extensively.

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The NSA developed tools for cryptographic analysis during World War II.

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The discovery of insulin earned a Nobel Prize in 1923.

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