In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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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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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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