Warner Brother's hated the name 'Beetlejuice', and urged Tim Burton to change it to something clever. Burton jokingly suggested calling the movie 'Scared Sheetless', and was horrified when the studio actually liked it.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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