McDonald's did away with its spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
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A group of officers is called a mess.
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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 1974, prankster Porky Bickar was so into April Fools, he flew hundreds of tires into a dormant volcano in Alaska and set them on fire - fooling the local populace and coast guard into thinking the volcano was active.
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The dildo was invented at least 22,000 years before the wheel.
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If you fake a laugh long enough, you'll actually start to laugh really hard.
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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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