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In 1532 the Spanish found out what everyone in South America already knew--potatoes are amazing. But when they brought them back to Europe the reception wasn't so great. No one was impressed by a food harvested out of the dirt.
When famine hit Prussia in 1774, King Frederick the Great had a plan to get his starving people to eat the dreaded potato.
Check out his grave in Germany and leave a potato.
We've had a hell of a good time spending the past 6 years scrounging up weird science and history junk for you to listen...
Once again we dive into a piece of history that should be explored in schools. Thousands of American born Japanese defied prejudice and hate...
During the 1300-1500s there were several accounts of people being afflicted with spontaneous dancing. One group of 400 people were struck with the strange...