There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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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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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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