According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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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 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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Omar bin Laden (Osama's son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because "Omar failed to provide his father's permanent address".
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Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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