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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The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.
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The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
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40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
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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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There is a town in Pennsylvania named Intercourse.
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Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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