Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.
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Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet.
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Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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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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In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.
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