In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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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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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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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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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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