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Items that got stuck in Americans’ orifices last year include a piece of cake (ear), ‘hard poop’ (nose), ‘unknown amount of marbles’ (throat), ‘headphones’ cord’ (penis), barbell (vagina), and stress ball (rectum).
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The microwave was invented by accident.
An engineer at Raytheon was testing a magnetron when he noticed his snack had melted in his pocket.
He repeated the procedure, and exploded an egg. He then decided to try building an oven.
(Image: Daniel Christensen; CC BY.)
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Word of the Day: INFRACANINOPHILE — someone who loves underdogs.
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Experts believe there are 5.25 trillion bits of plastic in our oceans; 50 bits for every star in our galaxy.
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In early drafts of Lord of the Rings, Frodo was named "Bingo".
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James Joyce believed he would recognise his wife Nora’s fart anywhere and would ‘pick hers out in a roomful of farting women’.
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The Hawaiian language has 139 words for rain.
(Image: W.carter)
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According to a 2019 survey, the words Americans are most likely to know that Britons are not are "manicotti", "ziti", and "tilapia".
The words Brits are most likely to know (but Americans are not) are "tippex", "biro", and "tombola".
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Cambridge University researchers have discovered that conical ceramic pots, previously classified as storage jars from Ancient Roman sites, were actually portable toilets.
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In 2013, the Ig Nobel Probability Prize went to a group of researchers who discovered that the longer a cow has been lying down, the more likely that cow will soon stand up; and that once a cow stands up, you can’t predict how soon that cow will lie down again. (@improbresearch)
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PILGARLIC is a sixteenth-century term for a bald man.
It derives from his supposed resemblance to a peeled garlic.
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Drinking coffee makes you more open-minded.
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Word of the day: GUBBSJUKA (Swedish) - literally "old man sickness", when old men lust after (much) younger women
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"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk: That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." ERNEST HEMINGWAY
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Word of the Day: DIÀNZǏ ZHÀCÀI (Chinese, slang) — a non-demanding entertainment, for instance, a TV show to enjoy after a long day at work, a mental comfort food; literally ‘cyber pickle’.
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Never explain: your friends don’t require it, and your enemies won’t believe you, anyway. ELBERT HUBBARD
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In 1920, Dorothy Parker met her editor for brunch. He fired her. She ordered the most expensive dessert on the menu and left.
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On 10 March 2015, Ireland accidentally legalised 125 drugs for one day, including ketamine, ecstasy and crystal meth.
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The world record for the longest time handcuffed to another human is 123 days, achieved by a couple who kept breaking up and then getting back together and wanted to save their relationship. After the handcuffing, they swore never to get back together.
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UNICEF has recently made Patron, Ukraine’s mine-sniffing Jack Russell Terrier, its first Goodwill Ambassadog.
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The average number of meetings a worker has per day has doubled since 2020.
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The word ZODIAC is not related to the stars; it comes from the Greek for "circle of little animals".
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Citizens who oppose any changes in their communities are sometimes called CAVE people - Citizens Against Virtually Everything.
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Word of the Day: STUMBLEBUM — an inept person.
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Scientists have discovered when shrikes, a type of carnivorous bird, are flying overhead, Mongolian voles trim the grass around them because shrikes associate cut grass with poor hunting grounds.
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A Quite Interesting Twitter feed from the team behind the BBC TV show QI.
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