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The Peel P50, the smallest mass-produced car ever made, was advertised as being able to carry ‘one adult and a shopping bag’. It has no reverse gear but has a handle on the back: you get out of the car, pick the handle, and turn the car around. [📷: Philip (flip) Kromer.]
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Like if you think Sandi Toksvig should be the next Bond villain.
RT if you think Sandi Toksvig should be the next Bond.
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In late 2020, a Namibian politician named Adolf Hitler won election to local office.
Adolf is a common name in the country, and his father (who named him) did not know the significance of the name. He says he has no plans for world domination.
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"Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point." ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY
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"A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between countries, so the officials can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly." LEMONY SNICKET
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Economists have shown the urban legend is true - when the economy is better, short skirts are more popular.
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"I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed." BILL WATTERSON
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About 40% of the ants in an ant colony are "lazy" and spend most of their time just sitting around.
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This year's Ig Nobel Prize in medicine was given to a group of researchers who proved that having an orgasm is as as effective at relieving nasal congestion as taking a decongestant medication.
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Word of the day: HYPNOPOMPIA - the half-concious state when you're just waking up
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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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The human brain runs on 20 watts of electricity – enough to power a dim light bulb.
Image: KMJ / Edokter
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Henry Ford always drank warm water because he believed the body wasted vital energy warming it up from cold water.
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Regular farting can be a sign of good intestinal health.
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Churchill’s wartime plan to raise public morale by importing a platypus (named ‘Winston’) was foiled by a German submarine strike – vibrations from the explosion are thought to have overwhelmed the electrosensors in the animal’s bill and it died.
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To know when you know, and when you don’t know, and what it is you know and what it is you don’t know, you gotta be very careful not to confuse yourself. RICHARD FEYNMAN
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In the 18th century slang, the word ‘wap’ meant ‘sex’.
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Catch-22 was rejected for publication 22 times.
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In 40 U.S. states, the highest-paid public employee is an American football or basketball coach at a state college.
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There are two types of tickling. The light, feather-like tickle that does not induce laughter is called knismesis, and the intensive, laughter-inducing one is called gargalesis.
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Phrase of the Day: EPISTEMIC TRESPASSING — judging matters outside one’s field of expertise.
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"It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively... I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game." BILL BRYSON
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In 1961, Dr. Leonid Rogozov was working in Antarctica when he developed appendicitis. As he was the only medical professional on site, he had to perform his own appendectomy.
Most doctors who winter over on Antarctica are now required to have their appendix removed beforehand.
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Word of the day: MOLROWING - the practice of socializing with a disreputable woman
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In 2019, the founder of the Apostrophe Protection Society brought the organization to a "full stop".
He declared that their work was futile - “We, and our many supporters worldwide, have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!”
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A Quite Interesting Twitter feed from the team behind the BBC TV show QI.
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