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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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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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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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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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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