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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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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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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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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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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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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