20 years ago, there were only 130 websites, Google wasn't around, and you had to pay for an email account through an ISP.
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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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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House in Kaifeng, China is considered the world’s oldest operating restaurant, first opening in 1153 AD during the Jing Dynasty.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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