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Gorillas cannot swim

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The man who was the voice of Mickey Mouse was married to the woman who did Minnie's

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Justin Bieber's favourite movie is the black and white classic Ice Cold in Alex. He has memorized every line.

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Romans thought that the male phallus was a protection against evil

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Rubbing an onion into your scalp once a week reduces grey hairs

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As recently as the 20th century, the Catholic Church owned a relic which was once claimed to be the "true foreskin" of Christ. It was an embarrassment to the church, until it was stolen in 1983.

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William Potts, the inventor of the traffic light,
was color blind.

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When "The Thomas Crown Affair" was released on video in Japan, the phrase "Trojan Horse" was mistranslated in the subtitles as "stallion condom."

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As a schoolboy, Gandhi was caned for drawing
a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad

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Hugh Laurie's first screen appearance was as an orphan boy (uncredited) singing "Food Glorious Food" in the 1968 movie "Oliver!"

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Because of air pockets in the shell,
all tortoises would float in water.

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After the French Revolution, the French decimalized time - ten hours of 100 minutes (100 seconds each) per day. It was unpopular, and eventually abolished by Napoleon.

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If you tickle a young hedgehog on its nose, it will think you are its mother and follow you round

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