Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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Twenty nine percent of women spend more time shopping for shoes than they do looking for a life long mate.
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To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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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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Jeremy Clarkson once published his bank account number and sort code to prove that the information couldn't be used to steal money. Someone used it to set up a monthly direct debit from his bank account to a charity.
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In 1895 Hampshire police handed out the first ever speeding ticket, fining a man for doing 6mph!
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