Chainsaws were derived from a tool originally intended to help deliver babies
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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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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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In the Philippines there's a boy named "Lord Voldemort".
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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