In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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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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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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