Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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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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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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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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