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The ideal time to make a joke about something horrible is 36 days later.
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Word of the Day (Dutch, slang): AZIJNPISSER — someone who constantly makes negative and critical comments; the literal meaning is ‘a vinegar pisser’.
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Word of the Day: TAKIWATANGA (Maori) — autism, literally ‘his or her own time and space’.
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According to a 1985 paper, everything takes 2.71 times as long as you think it will.
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Meerkats are the most murderous animals on earth.
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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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Liechtenstein only realised they had the same flag as Haiti when they both competed at the 1936 Olympics.
Liechtenstein added a crown to their flag in 1937 to avoid further confusion.
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"We will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway." DOUGLAS ADAMS
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V is the only letter that is never silent in English.
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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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The early bird who gets the worm works for somebody who comes in late and owns the worm farm. JOHN D. MACDONALD
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The sound of your stomach rumbling is not necessarily because you’re hungry. It’s not even your stomach - it’s your small intestine cleaning itself after digesting food.
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There's a reason you always have room for dessert - your stomach expands in contact with sugar.
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The oldest surviving British joke dates to the 10th century. It goes:
Q: What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked before?
A: A key
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A man from Shaanxi province, China, used a hand grenade to crack walnuts for 25 years. He surrendered the ‘nutcracker’ in 2016 after spotting it on a list of illegal explosives.
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Word of the day: ATTPÅKLATT (Norwegian) - a child born many years after their siblings, literally translates as 'afterblob'.
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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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The Aubudon Society released official guidance for what counts as a "birb", a "borb" and a "floof": audubon.org/news/whats-dif…
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‘Jus de chaussette’ is a French phrase for disgusting coffee that literally means ‘sock juice’.
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The small village of Villar de Corneja, Spain celebrates the New Year at noon instead of midnight, as many of the residents are elderly and want to go to bed early.
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In 1847, a woman was sent to Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum for "abuse of tea".
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Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people seem bright until they speak. PHYLLIS DILLER
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In December 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes and more than 20,000 readers cancelled their subscriptions to The Strand Magazine, which almost bankrupted it. Staff referred to Holmes’ death as ‘the dreadful event’.
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A study of compound swears used in Reddit comments from 2006 to 2020 has found that the most popular combination is ‘dumbass’ (3.6 million comments). The 444 combinations used only once include ‘sleazenozzle’ and ‘bastardbucket’. (📷 and the study: Colin Morris, @HalfEatenScone.)
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Phrase of the day: XĪ MĀO (吸猫; Mandarin slang) - to zone out and enjoy the company of a cat, literally "inhale/sniff cat"
Some people literally bury their faces in the fluff and inhale, but @qikipedia disclaims responsibility in any claw injuries that may result.
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