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TIL There is an urban legend that the city of Berwick was at war with Russia from 1853 till the 1960's, when the mayor signed a treaty. The myth spawns from Berwick's absence from the Treaty of Paris that ended the Crimean War, in reality Berwick was not included in the original declaration of war.

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