In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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