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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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
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There's a flower called "Hooker's Lips" that literally looks like a set of hooker's lips.
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Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
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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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