Author Ian McEwan helped his son write his A-level English exam about one of his own novels, Enduring Love. The teacher disagreed with his interpretation.
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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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More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
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The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.
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Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!
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McDonald's did away with its spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
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