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re: TASER is an acronym for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle.

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Homosexuality was still classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes protested by calling in sick to work, claiming they felt gay.


Delaware has the fewest counties (three) of any state in the United States:
Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex.

Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel spent $2,500 a month on rubber bands to hold all their cash.

The fastest two-legged creature on Earth is the ostrich, which can reach 45 mph over short distances.

Thought to be the original fast-food,
Genghis Khan and his hordes carried around flat patties of ground up mutton
under their saddles to eat on the go.

Philip Morris once ran an ad acknowledging “smokers’ cough.” They claimed it was caused by smoking brands other than Philip Morris.

Bone cells are constantly renewed, so every ten years you have a "new" skeleton.

Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's former chief exorcist, says practicing yoga is Satanic. "It leads to evil just like reading Harry Potter."

The eye chart with the big "E" on top is called a Snellen Chart.

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Before he wrote Jaws, Peter Benchley was a speechwriter for LBJ.

Lead will float in mercury, but a lump of tungsten will sink

The word "dude" is used 161 times in The Big Lebowski.

The 1904 Summer Olympic Games, held in St. Louis, included greased pole climbing, rock throwing, and even mud fighting.

Gerald Ford's son Steven had a recurring role on The Young and the Restless. He also appeared on Baywatch.

Despite being staples of the Old West landscape, neither horses nor tumbleweeds are native to North America.

Between 1978 and 1995 there were 37 deaths in the U.S. credited to vending machines.

The notorious Roman emperor Nero employed 5,000 knights and soldiers to accompany him on his music concert tours just to applaud him.
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