Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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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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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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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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The Prince Charle Cinema in London has volunteer "ninjas" that hush obnoxious moviegoers.
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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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