David McConnell started the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1886. Today the company is known as Avon, which he named after his favorite playwright William Shakespeare, and Stratford on Avon.

The average number of pillowcases washed a day at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas is 15,000.

The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS.

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