Neil DeGrasse Tyson considered becoming a male stripper to make money during graduate school. When he visited the club, the dancers came out with lighter fluid soaked jockstraps and set them ablaze while dancing to “Great Balls of Fire.” He chose math tutoring instead.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders.
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The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
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In response to the moral panic surrounding violent video games, Penn & Teller released “Desert Bus,” for the Sega Cd. In the game you drive a bus from Tuscon to Las Vegas in a straight line for 8 hours.
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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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In 2012, a squirrel in Fareham, UK got its head trapped in a decorative Halloween skull and scared the crap out of the neighbours.
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