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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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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The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
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According to statistics, Australian women are most likely to have sex on the first date.
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If you fake a laugh long enough, you'll actually start to laugh really hard.
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson considered becoming a male stripper to make money during graduate school. When he visited the club, the dancers came out with lighter fluid soaked jockstraps and set them ablaze while dancing to “Great Balls of Fire.” He chose math tutoring instead.
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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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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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