In Poland, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has just been granted permission to register as a religion.
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Gary Kremen, founder of match.com, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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In Japan, it is tradition for husbands to get a monthly allowance from their wives.
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