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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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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