The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
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Omar bin Laden (Osama's son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because "Omar failed to provide his father's permanent address".
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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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To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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A group of officers is called a mess.
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One in three snake bite victims is drunk. One in five is tatooed.
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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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The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
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