The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
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When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
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To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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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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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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