In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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