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 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows.
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The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name – the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
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The dildo was invented at least 22,000 years before the wheel.
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Omar bin Laden (Osama's son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because "Omar failed to provide his father's permanent address".
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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 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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