To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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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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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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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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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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