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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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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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