Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
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Author Ian McEwan helped his son write his A-level English exam about one of his own novels, Enduring Love. The teacher disagreed with his interpretation.
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In the UK, there's a guy named 'Major Dickie Head'.
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There is a village in Ireland called Muff, and they have their own diving club.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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In 1974, prankster Porky Bickar was so into April Fools, he flew hundreds of tires into a dormant volcano in Alaska and set them on fire - fooling the local populace and coast guard into thinking the volcano was active.
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The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.
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In Japan, slurping loudly while eating noodles shows that the food is delicious. It's actually considered rude not to slurp!
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