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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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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