Author Ian McEwan helped his son write his A-level English exam about one of his own novels, Enduring Love. The teacher disagreed with his interpretation.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
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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 Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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In the UK, there's a guy named 'Major Dickie Head'.
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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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