In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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