When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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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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A group of officers is called a mess.
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The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.
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The Russian Army's favorite marching song is the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song.
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The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
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