On April Fool’s Day, 1976, the BBC convinced many listeners that a special alignment of the planets would temporarily decrease gravity on Earth. Phone lines were flooded with callers who claimed they felt the effects.
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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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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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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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