In 2007, a Bosnian couple found out that they had been cheating on one another in online chatrooms... with each other.
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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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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.
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If you put two straws in your mouth, one inside a drink and one outside it, you won't be able to drink through either straw.
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