Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were originally considered a delicacy, only enjoyed by those of the upper class.
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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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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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