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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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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