According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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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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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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In Japan, slurping loudly while eating noodles shows that the food is delicious. It's actually considered rude not to slurp!
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Kampang School in northeastern Thailand is the first school to open a toilet for transvestite pupils.
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Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.
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Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!
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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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