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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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