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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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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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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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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