In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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