The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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McDonald's did away with its spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
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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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According to statistics, Australian women are most likely to have sex on the first date.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
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More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
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