To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
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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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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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Take your height and divide by eight. That's how tall your head is!
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Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!
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The Russian Army's favorite marching song is the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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