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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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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To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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There's a flower called "Hooker's Lips" that literally looks like a set of hooker's lips.
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Famous billionaire Howard Hughes stored his own urine in large bottles.
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The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
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