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 inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.
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Jeremy Clarkson once published his bank account number and sort code to prove that the information couldn't be used to steal money. Someone used it to set up a monthly direct debit from his bank account to a charity.
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More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
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Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
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