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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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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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Catch-22 was rejected for publication 22 times.
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In the 18th century slang, the word ‘wap’ meant ‘sex’.
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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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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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Regular farting can be a sign of good intestinal health.
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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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The human brain runs on 20 watts of electricity – enough to power a dim light bulb.
Image: KMJ / Edokter
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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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Word of the day: HYPNOPOMPIA - the half-concious state when you're just waking up
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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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"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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Economists have shown the urban legend is true - when the economy is better, short skirts are more popular.
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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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"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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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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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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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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This year’s Ig Nobel Prize in Physics went to a group of scientists who studied ‘why pedestrians do not constantly collide with other pedestrians’. The prize for Kinetics went to a group who studied ‘why pedestrians do sometimes collide with other pedestrians’. @improbresearch
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Voltaire was so frustrated with English spelling that he is said to have wished that one half of the English language be taken by the plague and the other by the ague.
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In 1974, The U.S. National Book Awards ceremony was interrupted by a naked streaker running through the hall and shouting ‘Read books! Read books!’
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Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible. RICHARD FEYNMAN
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How staples helped the Russians catch American spies. 🕵️ #QI
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A Quite Interesting Twitter feed from the team behind the BBC TV show QI.
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