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To put things into perspective, let's take a step back in time!

This was because they weren't grown in Europe, so when world explorers brought back this rare and exotic new fruit, supply was low and demand was high.

The successfully grown pineapples go right back to the staff who grew them as an appreciation for growing them in the first place.

In respect to charities and giving back, the Walton family is worth as much as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined.

There used to be ostriches in Middle East in the 20th century and, further back, also in Asia.

Some elements of football have been seen in many countries, dating back to the second and third century AD in China.

Kicking a ball goes back to the Middle Ages.

Due to a high volume of complaints after they changed to white, eBay respected their customers choice, so they changed it back to the bright yellow.

But in a slow passive aggressive manner over time, they faded the yellow color until it eventually was back to being white.

Spring rolls originated in China and the history of these rolls can be dated back to Eastern Jin dynasty.

He continued to correspond with mathematicians back in Alexandria, and even during his lifetime, he gained a strong reputation for being a mathematical genius.

Cheese production can be dated back to 8000 BCE when sheep when first domesticated.

Most tour companies offer day trips that will take 9-10 hours to complete just to the north and back.

Hoi an Ancient Town is recognized as a historic trading port with a mix of indigenous and foreign influences, dating back to the 15th century.

You can pay a little a month, or you can pay it all back once you have the money.

Most people pay the money back a little a time.

Many sources suggest that the origins of wontons date back to the Han dynasty era.

English apple pie recipes go back to the time of Chaucer.

The oldest cat video on YouTube is dated back to 1894.

In the 18th century, the number of people living in Amsterdam fell back to 140,000, ending the Golden Age.

When the female is close to giving birth, it leaves the group for a time to give birth to its offspring, and comes back 2-3 weeks after her baby is born.

And the longer you take to pay back the loan, the more money you will pay in the end.

Another example is deciding to stop work to go back to university.

Even though going back to university has a big opportunity cost, many people think it is a good decision because increased education gives you more job opportunities.

Although Twitter's beginnings were back in 2006, Larry's name wasn't actually confirmed until early 2012.

Back in the day, the founders would refer to it as "twttr," following the trend of the early 2000's in removing the vowels and shortening the word.

Nevertheless, when World War I began a lot of French had to go back home for the war and the price of French food suddenly decreased.

Although the popularity of kimchi is still rising in the West, it is an ancient dish, dating about two thousand years back, when it was first mentioned in written documents.

Back when the city was being rapidly built up, the powers that be realized that, due to the premium value of house frontage on the canals and streets, they should tax house size on the width of the front, or façade.

What you don't tend to see is that these houses often get wider the further back they get, as well as being very long.

Many of the houses have smaller windows at their top, which gives the optical illusion of the house being taller - which acted as a status symbol of wealth back in the day.

With ruins, tombs and structures dating as far back as 300 BC, the Petra World Heritage Site should be your first port of call.