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Learned that the British government demanded that the Zulu disband their army in 1878.

Learned about New Western History.

Learned that Driftwood Creek was named in 1869.

Learned that during the American Civil War a noisy freight wagon was called a Jeff Davis Music Box.

Learned that a madstone was thought to cure rabid dog bites and poisonings.

Learned about the Buckshot War.

Learned the term fizzled out was used in 1866.

Learned that the Russian Czar wanted to change the official documents in British English to American English.

Learned that Indians scalped differently according to tribe.

Learned about the Battle of Mons in the First World War.

Learned about the song I Had A Comrade.

Learned about the potent potable advocaat.

Learned about the Royal Air Force rank Air Commodore.

Learned about the Fletcher rocket.

Learned that balloons were used during the siege of Paris in the 1870's.

Learned about Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

Learned about the plan to make a harbor in Alaska using atomic bombs called Project Chariot, the Opinel knife, Mount Dajti and the small monster called Pukwudgie.

Learned that sound travels 4.3 times faster in water.