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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Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.
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Kampang School in northeastern Thailand is the first school to open a toilet for transvestite pupils.
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Gary Kremen, founder of match.com, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com.
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In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.
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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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