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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One in three snake bite victims is drunk. One in five is tatooed.
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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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Famous billionaire Howard Hughes stored his own urine in large bottles.
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40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
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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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