Neil DeGrasse Tyson considered becoming a male stripper to make money during graduate school. When he visited the club, the dancers came out with lighter fluid soaked jockstraps and set them ablaze while dancing to “Great Balls of Fire.” He chose math tutoring instead.
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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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As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
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It's possible to train your cat to use the toilet as a litter box and even flush afterwards.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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