In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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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 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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