In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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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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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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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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