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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The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.
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Donkeys are commonly used by the Iraqi Rebels to launch rockets!
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There's a flower called "Hooker's Lips" that literally looks like a set of hooker's lips.
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In response to the moral panic surrounding violent video games, Penn & Teller released “Desert Bus,” for the Sega Cd. In the game you drive a bus from Tuscon to Las Vegas in a straight line for 8 hours.
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