During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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