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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More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
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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 longest Monopoly game in a bathtub lasted 99 hours!
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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