Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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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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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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