The world's first underground was the London Underground in1863. It has 275 stations and 253 miles of track.

The world record for the largest pineapple was grown in 2011 by Christine McCallum from Bakewell, Australia. The pineapple measured 32cm long and weighed an incredible 8.28kg!

The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

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