Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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