To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
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Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.
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Students at the John Hopkins University collaboratively decided to opt out of their final since the professor set his curve based on the highest score grading it as 100%. They chose to receive a score of zero, making it the highest grade and thereby getting 100%.
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Gary Kremen, founder of match.com, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com.
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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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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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