Spiked and studded dog-collars derive from the days of the Ancient Greeks, who would give their sheep-dogs sharply spiked collars to protect their necks from wolves whilst they watched over a Sheppard's flock at night.

Pilgrims did not eat potatoes for Thanksgiving as they thought they were poisonous.

The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed.

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