During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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