During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.
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The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
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Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
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Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
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During his lifetime, artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings.
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In Holland, you can be fined for not using a shopping basket at a grocery store!
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An albatross can sleep while it flies!
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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All the pet hamsters in the world are descended from a single wild golden Hamster found in Syria in 1930!
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Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
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The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
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Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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Actor Mark Wahlberg has a third nipple!
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California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.
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Frozen lobsters can come back to life when thawed!
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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
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In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs.
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The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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If a Lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one.
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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According to legend, there is a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.
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Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
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Slugs have 4 noses!
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The average person laughs 13 times a day!
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Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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In 1895 Hampshire police handed out the first ever speeding ticket, fining a man for doing 6mph!
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Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
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The ?Big Dipper? is known as ?The Casserole? in France.
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In high school, Robin Williams was voted 'Least Likely to Succeed.'"
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Halle Berry?s stunt double, in the movie ?Catwoman?, is a man.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Pageant Models often smear Vaseline on their teeth so their lips won't stick when smiling.
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James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang.
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In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."!
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In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.
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Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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'Bimbo' is a brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by Coca-Cola, Inc.
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A real estate agents rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
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90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.
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Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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None of the Beatles knew how to read music. (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself.)"
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President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader!
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The G in 'g-string' stand for groin.
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35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married!
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.
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Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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Pierce Brosnan once worked with the circus as a fire eater!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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Mark Twain didn't even make it through elementary school.
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Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger?s voice, in the movie 'Hercules', was dubbed.
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King George I could not speak English!
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Jean -Claude Van Damme learned to speak English by watching the cartoon 'The Flintstones.'"
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Leonardo DiCaprio got his first ?onscreen kiss? from a man!
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Nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
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The average office worker spends 50 minutes a day looking for lost files and other items.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
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It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!
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Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly, and Shemp).
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In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either unbathed or poorly dressed.
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The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
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In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1.
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Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian' spelled backwards is 'naive'.
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
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In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits
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A broken clock is always right twice a day.
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In Nebraska, It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
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For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
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Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap.
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Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
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Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark.
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Richard Nixon liked ketchup on his cottage cheese.
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Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.
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