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There is a street in Valladolid, in Spain – Calle Me Falta un Tornillo – which translates roughly to ‘I’ve Got a Screw Loose Street’.
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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.
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Before turkey was adopted, the traditional British Christmas meal was a pig's head and mustard.
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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.
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Identified by the name “soccer” in the U.S. and “football” elsewhere, the sport's original name is actually “basket-ball.”
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Thomas Langu Sweswe, a Zimbabwe player, played for 90 minutes and didn’t touch the ball.
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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.
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The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex.
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If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the colour you'll see is called 'eigengrau'.
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The Australian government once banned the word "mate" for a day.
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Mail was once delivered by 37 cats in Belgium.
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There is a town in Nebraska with a population of one.
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Apple seeds contain cyanide.
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Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
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Sloths can hold their breath for longer than dolphins.
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