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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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