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General Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the war at the Battle of New Orleans.
Portugal based its claim to Brazil on the fact that Pedro Alvarez Cabral had landed and had been the first European to discover Brazil in 1500.
Pedro Alvarez Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, navigator, and also a military commander.
The standard is still important (arguably even more important compared to past situation) because due to the development of social media, the flow of information became extremely easy to consume.
Even though this might good for average people, we cannot deny the fact that this could also make it easier for someone who want to intentionally spread misinformation.
