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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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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The Aztecs were the first to serve chocolate as a drink. They also mixed it with hot chili pepper to make it really 'hot'.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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