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The official @kfc Twitter account follows eleven people: six men named Herb and the five Spice Girls.
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In 1850, a cult gave 600 acres in Pennsylvania to God.
It was later repossessed by the state because God did not pay his taxes.
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In 2008 thieves in Russia stole an entire church, brick by brick.
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Personal names mentioned in medieval charters include Martin-Said-to-Have-Three-Testicles (Martinus Qui Dicitur Habet Tres Testiculis), Good-John Shits-Rage (Iohannesbonus Cacans Rabiam), and Gerard-Who-Does-Stupid-Stuff (Girardus Faciens Stultitiam).
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"I called him Simon Ferocious or something, and he didn't like it at all.” - Freddie Mercury on meeting Sid Vicious.
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In 1984, Tim Macartney-Snape climbed Everest, but his mate Michael Dillon said 'you've only done the top part, technically', so he went back and started from sea level to prove a point.
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People think about you more than you think they do - but they also like you more than you think they do.
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According to a historical anecdote, a Neapolitan nobleman once fought 14 duels to prove that Dante was a better poet than Ariosto. At his deathbed, he confessed that he had read neither of them.
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In order to avoid paying for meals, Salvador Dalí would doodle on the back of his cheques, knowing they would then never be cashed.
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Salvador Dalí bought a castle for his wife. He would only visit if she sent him written permission.
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Many of the doves released at the 1988 Seoul Olympics opening ceremony were accidentally roasted alive when the Olympic flame was lit.
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Mongoose were introduced to Hawaii to control the rat population.
Unfortunately, the mongoose is diurnal and the rat nocturnal, so they rarely encounter each other.
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In English, a turkey is a "turkey", while in Portuguese it is a "peru" and in Turkish, it is a "hindi" ("India").
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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free - MICHELANGELO
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In 1847, a woman was sent to Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum for "abuse of tea".
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Phrase of the Day: EPISTEMIC TRESPASSING — judging matters outside one’s field of expertise.
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Ronald Reagan’s library just burned down. Both books were destroyed. But the real horror: He had not finished colouring the second one. GORE VIDAL
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Even adults sleep better if gently rocked to sleep.
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‘Jus de chaussette’ is a French phrase for disgusting coffee that literally means ‘sock juice’.
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From 1986 to 2007, all cosmonauts were equipped with a triple-barreled pistol, in case they encountered bears upon landing.
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Word of the day: SHEMOMECHAMA (შემომეჭამა; Georgian) - when you did not mean to eat it all, but accidentally did
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Although English is listed as an official language in almost a third of the countries in the world, the UK isn’t one of them.
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Colorado, Washington, and Idaho have all replaced their "420" mile markers with "419.9" after repeated thefts.
(Image: Robert Ashworth; CC BY.)
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Termites eat wood faster when listening to rock and heavy metal.
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MUSHROOM MANAGEMENT is the management style where employees are "kept in the dark and fed bullshit".
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A Quite Interesting Twitter feed from the team behind the BBC TV show QI.
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