Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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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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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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30% of Chinese adults live with their parents.
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There is a village in Ireland called Muff, and they have their own diving club.
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The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
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The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders.
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