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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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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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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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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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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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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