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Nubar Gulbenkian launched a $10m suit against his father in 1939,after his father's company refused to allow him $4.50 for a meal of chicken
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The 'Streisand Effect' is the name given to amusingly backfiring attempts to censor information.
Barbed wire, as known today,was invented in 1874 by an American farmer Joseph Glidden, after his wife complained about livestock escaping.
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Hungarian escape artist David Merlini holds the record for longest held breathe. In 2009 he held his breath for 21mins 29secs.
The world's oldest goldfish (in captivity, at least) lived to the age of 43.
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The North Atlantic right whale is believed to have the largest testicles of any mammal. Each testicle can weight up to 525kg.
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In 1510, priests in Autun, France, brought legal proceedings against the town's rats because they were eating the barley crop.
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Humans have discovered or invented over 50 million different chemicals in history
'Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo' is an entirely grammatically correct sentence.
When he was 8, Mozart was tested by a member of the Royal Society to establish whether he was in fact a child, as opposed to a dwarf.
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The most published printed product in the world each year is the IKEA catalogue.
The holder of the world record for being the longest serving bartender is 95yr old Angelo Cammarata, who has been serving drinks over 76 yrs
The first international cricket match in history was played between Canada and the USA.
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The Greek stoic philosopher Chrysippus of Soli is said to have died after laughing too hard at his donkey, who was drunk.
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The slowest-flying birds in the world are the American and Eurasian woodcocks. They just manage not to fall out of the sky at 5mph.
Copious quantities of alcohol beverages will bring down your Blood Pressure.
11 Year Old Boy Sheds Skin Like A Snake And Almost Dies After Taking IBUPROFEN shar.es/cFUzM via @sharethis
The "pound" key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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