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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There's a flower called "Hooker's Lips" that literally looks like a set of hooker's lips.
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The Rock accidentally knocked out Michael Clarke Duncan while filming a fight scene for The Scorpion King and had a custom Rolex made as an apology gift, but liked the watch so much that he kept it for himself.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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