Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
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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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There's a children's book titled "Where Willy Went" detailing the adventures of a sperm.
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More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
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Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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Famous billionaire Howard Hughes stored his own urine in large bottles.
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The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.
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