Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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Omar bin Laden (Osama's son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because "Omar failed to provide his father's permanent address".
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Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
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Jeremy Clarkson once published his bank account number and sort code to prove that the information couldn't be used to steal money. Someone used it to set up a monthly direct debit from his bank account to a charity.
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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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Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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