The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
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30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
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