Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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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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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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