The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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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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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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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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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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