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Governments, army leaders and diplomats months, years or even decades borders between countries. A farmer in Belgium did not so long. It him just a few minutes to change the border between Belgium and France. He made Belgium about 1,000 square meters bigger and France about 1,000 square meters smaller. How? He a 150-kilogram boundary stone 2.29 metres inside France. A boundary stone where the border between two countries or areas lies. The stone the farmer was laid down in 1819 to the French-Belgian border. The farmer did not the stone for political reasons. He did it to make it easier to his tractor around his field.

Moving the border between two countries could easily a major diplomatic incident or even to war. Luckily, diplomats in Belgium and France saw the funny side of this. They an international crisis in a friendly manner. The mayor of the Belgian town said: "The stone was there in 1819 following the defeat of Napoleon. The situation should resolved tomorrow. We will the person who moved the stone so we can any troubles. I still have to who the landowner is." The mayor added: "We know exactly where the stone was before. It was right next to a tree." The mayor of the town across the border in France said: "I fully my Belgian counterpart, who what was necessary."