American Airlines saved $ 40,000 by taking out one olive from each salad that was served in the first class in 1987.
The first woman ambassador was Russia's Aleksandra Kollontai (1872-1952) who was elected in 1923 to be the Soviet ambassador to Norway.
On the evening when Michael Jordan made 69 points in one game, his teammate Stacey King said: "I'll always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points”.
During the Secession war troops would return to their cartels with a big sign that read “0 Killed”. From that, the phrase O.K. derived from.
Playing chess without looking at the board, was known in Persia and India back in VIII century.
In the middle ages, nutmeg was the most expensive spice. Not because of the taste and smell, but because of the belief that it protected against the plague.
