On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
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To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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Critic Michael Crowley gave such a poor review of one of author Michael Crichton's books that, in his next book, Crichton made a character 'Mick Crowley' who was a child molester with a small penis.
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Famous billionaire Howard Hughes stored his own urine in large bottles.
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