To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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Students at the John Hopkins University collaboratively decided to opt out of their final since the professor set his curve based on the highest score grading it as 100%. They chose to receive a score of zero, making it the highest grade and thereby getting 100%.
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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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In response to the moral panic surrounding violent video games, Penn & Teller released “Desert Bus,” for the Sega Cd. In the game you drive a bus from Tuscon to Las Vegas in a straight line for 8 hours.
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