Cherophobia is a fear of fun.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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