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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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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In 2012, Swedish artist Fredrik Saker created a super-detailed self portrait and successfully submitted it as his driver’s license picture.
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Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.
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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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