Ivory soap slogan "99-44/100% Pure" was cleverly invented by Harley Proctor who with the help of chemists determined that Ivory soap was only 56/100 pure. Proctor simply subtracted 56 from 100 and came up with "99-44/100% Pure".

In 1825, the first toilet was installed in the White House.

Only one satellite has been ever been destroyed by a meteor: the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.

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