February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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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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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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