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".

Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people.

In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball.

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