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 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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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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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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