To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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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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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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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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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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