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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McDonald's did away with its spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
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A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson considered becoming a male stripper to make money during graduate school. When he visited the club, the dancers came out with lighter fluid soaked jockstraps and set them ablaze while dancing to “Great Balls of Fire.” He chose math tutoring instead.
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In 2012, a squirrel in Fareham, UK got its head trapped in a decorative Halloween skull and scared the crap out of the neighbours.
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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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