The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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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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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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The longest Monopoly game in a bathtub lasted 99 hours!
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Twenty nine percent of women spend more time shopping for shoes than they do looking for a life long mate.
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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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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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