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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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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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