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The pocket shark is so named because it is perfectly sized to fit in the pocket of a lady’s overcoat or gentleman’s cagoule.

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Henry Star was a Notorious US bank robber and not a luminous astronomical body.

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Australians called camels “Big Lumpy Bastards” until someone there learnt to read.

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Gullible is the only word in the dictionary without a definition.

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The County of Los Angeles has a population of “somewhere north of 40 people”.

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Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel so much that he moved to America and became a mutated turtle.

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Lake Superior contains as much water as it can hold.

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A horse can produce a litre of sweat in 4 minutes - much faster than you can drink it!

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The smallest church still in use in England can fit 10 people if they all stand. It cannot be used for weddings, christenings or funerals, though the local swingers group report that a small orgy is possible.

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Word of the Day: LESTOBIOSIS - covertly stealing food. (Not to be confused with LESTABIOSIS - secretly living in Leicester.)

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AGORAPHOBIA is not strictly the fear of open spaces; It is also a useful excuse for avoiding the general public.

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In 2004, a £140,000 diamond was placed in a Jaguar F1 car for the Monaco Grand Prix as a promotional stunt for the movie Ocean’s Twelve. It did not perform as well as hoped, what-with not being able to reach the pedals.

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There are at least 10 cities that have psychological disorders named after them, including Stockholm Syndrome, Paris Syndrome, and London Superiority Complex.

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According to a psychology study, you can tell a lot about someone’s personality from what they’re like.

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In 18th century slang, a schoolmaster was called a ‘chalky bastard’.

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In the 1920s, Berlin nightclubs had numbered tables connected with pneumatic tubes for exchanging gifts such as perfume, cigars, and bratwurst.

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Occupations given by people during the 1881 UK census included budget bummer, drum puncher, ring-kisser, sausage maid, pony feeder, porridge warden, and twatmonger.

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The prototype of the jungle gym was made by 19th-century British mathematician C.H. Hinton who wanted his kids to do anything but play Roblox and watch YouTube all day.

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Death Valley National Park’s official rules prohibit visitors from dying there.

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Phrase of the Day: FIZZLE-FARTING JOB - unprofitable labour, such as writing tweets for a parody account.

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