The original post: /r/damnthatsinteresting by /u/9oRo on 2024-10-12 13:10:43.
Original Title: In 1651, the Netherlands declared war on the Isles of Scilly, located off the coast of Great Britain. Despite not a single shot being fired, the war lasted 335 years due to a lack of a peace treaty. Peace was declared in 1986, after a Scillonian historian wrote to the Dutch Embassy about it
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