American Airlines saved $ 40,000 by taking out one olive from each salad that was served in the first class in 1987.
Dried bananas have four times more nutrition than fresh ones.
In the Middle Ages, patients were tended by nuns, who in between themselves called one another sisters. That name was later used for trained nurses.
Stapedius is the smallest muscle in the human body. Its length is only 6.3 millimeters and enables the movement of the bones in the middle ear.
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.
Famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), died of a liver failure. The researchers found that by examining the DNA of one of his strands of hair.