Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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