In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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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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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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