King Canute (or Cnut) wasn't trying to show his followers that he had power over the waves, lemmings do not commit mass suicide, ostriches don't bury their heads in the sand - and Luddites weren't against new technology (they just wanted jobs).
Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano
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The Chincha Kingdom was transporting seabird excrement from islands to
valleys as early as the 13th century, and this powerful fertiliser may have
been key...
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