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[Dave]

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The very first movie to show a toilet being flushed was Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror picture, Psycho.

[Dave]

There is a street in Valladolid, in Spain – Calle Me Falta un Tornillo – which translates roughly to ‘I’ve Got a Screw Loose Street’.

[Dave]

Lyndon B Johnson, US President, owned a car which would work underwater – it was amphibious. As a prank, he would pretend to accidentally drive into lakes claiming that his brakes were failing.

[Mel]

Before turkey was adopted, the traditional British Christmas meal was a pig's head and mustard.

[Dave]

Back in December of 1942, Stephan Stanis scored a staggering 16 goals for his side Racing Club de Lens, not a single person, since then, has managed to break this bizarre record which now stands tall since 78 years.

[Dave]

Identified by the name “soccer” in the U.S. and “football” elsewhere, the sport's original name is actually “basket-ball.”

[Dave]

Thomas Langu Sweswe, a Zimbabwe player, played for 90 minutes and didn’t touch the ball.

[Dave]

Wayne Rooney, Gareth Bale, and Kevin Davies are the only players to score, assist and score an own goal in a single Premier League game.

[Dave]

The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex.

[Dave]

If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the colour you'll see is called 'eigengrau'.

[Dave]

The Australian government once banned the word "mate" for a day.

[Dave]

Mail was once delivered by 37 cats in Belgium.

[Dave]

There is a town in Nebraska with a population of one.

[Dave]

Apple seeds contain cyanide.

[Dave]

Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.

[Dave]

Sloths can hold their breath for longer than dolphins.