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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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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