In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.
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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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It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
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Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
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Diet Pepsi was originally called Patio Diet Cola.
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According to U.S. laws, a beer commercial can never show a person actually drinking beer.
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Pierce Brosnan once worked with the circus as a fire eater!
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Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.
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Richard Nixon liked ketchup on his cottage cheese.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Pageant Models often smear Vaseline on their teeth so their lips won't stick when smiling.
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Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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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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Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
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On some Caribbean islands, the oysters can climb trees.
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Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.
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In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
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Slugs have 4 noses!
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Halle Berry?s stunt double, in the movie ?Catwoman?, is a man.
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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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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
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Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
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Frozen lobsters can come back to life when thawed!
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About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs.
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Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
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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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Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
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Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet.
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During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.
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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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A broken clock is always right twice a day.
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Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys!
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It is illegal to mispronounce 'Arkansas' while in the state of Arkansas!
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The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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The G in 'g-string' stand for groin.
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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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Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.
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According to legend, there is a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.
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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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Actor Mark Wahlberg has a third nipple!
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40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
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The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
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Nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
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California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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The octopus' testicles are located in its head.
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An albatross can sleep while it flies!
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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The most collect calls are made on Father's Day.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian' spelled backwards is 'naive'.
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President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
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Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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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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James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!
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None of the Beatles knew how to read music. (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself.)"
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If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously.
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Jean -Claude Van Damme learned to speak English by watching the cartoon 'The Flintstones.'"
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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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King George I could not speak English!
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When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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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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Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap.
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The ?Big Dipper? is known as ?The Casserole? in France.
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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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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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In Holland, you can be fined for not using a shopping basket at a grocery store!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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During his lifetime, artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings.
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In high school, Robin Williams was voted 'Least Likely to Succeed.'"
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
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90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.
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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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The average person laughs 13 times a day!
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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
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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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The average office worker spends 50 minutes a day looking for lost files and other items.
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If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
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