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TIL that in 1325, the Italian city-states of Bologna and Modena engaged in the "War of the Oaken Bucket," a conflict allegedly sparked by the theft of a wooden bucket. This peculiar war resulted in significant casualties and highlighted the intense rivalries of medieval Italy

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