Random Weird Facts

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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Men are more attracted to women whose bone structure is similar to their own mothers. It's called "sexual imprinting".
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    Emergency Plane Farts
    Emergency Plane Farts
    In 2006, a woman farted on a plane and tried to cover the smell by lighting matches, causing an emergency landing and an FBI investigation.
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    Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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    A type of strawberry that almost became extinct is now being sold in Europe. It tastes like pineapple so they call it pineberry.
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    Lobster-Claw Alien Abduction
    Lobster-Claw Alien Abduction
    In 1973, two men arrived at a sheriff's office claiming to have been abducted by aliens with lobster-claw hands. Left alone in a room with a secret recording device to expose their lie, they instead continued to talk in "terribly distressed" voices about the abduction.
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    In their early careers, Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan both took part in porn.
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    Table Knives Origin
    Table Knives Origin
    Table knives were originally made to be rounded instead of pointed to prevent people from picking their teeth... and stabbing each other.
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