In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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