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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 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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