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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McDonald's did away with its spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
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In the UK, there's a guy named 'Major Dickie Head'.
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When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!
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