The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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In 1996, an Iraqi man named Sam Eisho moved to Australia and used the welfare system as income. Some years later, he became successful and wrote a cheque for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (every cent they gave him).
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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The Prince Charle Cinema in London has volunteer "ninjas" that hush obnoxious moviegoers.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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