Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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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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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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