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 exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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