Brazil couldn’t afford to send its 69 athletes to Los Angeles for the Summer Olympics in 1932, so they put them on a ship with 50,000 sacks of coffee and sold the beans at different ports along the way.
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There is a version of the Bible called the Sinners Bible that was printed in 1631 by publisher Robert Barker. The Seventh Commandment reads: “Thou shalt commit adultery.”
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Canoeing was originally a form of long distance transportation in North America, the Amazon basin and Polynesia, as well as many other countries.
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A growler is a container that holds beer. It allows the drinker to transport beer from place to place while keeping the beer’s temperature and taste.
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The red-fleshed variety of dragon fruit contains lycopene, the same antioxidant found in tomatoes. Lycopene helps in lowering the risk of cancer, hypertension and heart disease.
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Largemouth bass were first discovered in 1562 by the French in Florida. To this day, The Sunshine State is still considered one of the best places on earth to catch a trophy largemouth.
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The first mention of a pen with ink reservoir came in 973 in the region of northwest Africa by Ma’ād al-Mu’izz. He wanted a pen that didn’t get his hand messy.
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Cattle were first brought to the western hemisphere by Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1493.
