In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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In England, there's a phenomenon called the "half-time kettle effect" where power use surges at half-time during England's matches in the World Cup as everyone turns on their tea kettles at the same time.
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Andre the Giant had surgery, but the doctors couldn't figure out how much anaesthesia to use due to his size. Instead, they used Andre's claim that "it usually takes two liters of vodka just to make me feel warm inside" as their guide.
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95% of people feel uncomfortable when the TV volume is an odd number.
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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