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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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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