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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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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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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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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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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