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TIL that the Isles of Scilly (UK) and the Netherlands were allegedly in a state of war between 1651 and 1986, after the declaration by a Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral whose ships had been a victim of the Royalist fleet. No peace treaty was signed for 335 years, during which not a single shot was fired.

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