“The Senator,” a 3500 year old bald cypress in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida and the fifth oldest tree in the world, was burned down by a lady who climbed its branches to smoke crystal meth.
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During World War II, the crew of the British submarine HMS Trident kept a fully grown reindeer called Pollyanna aboard their vessel for six weeks (it was a gift from a USSR naval admiral).
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Jellyfish born on the space shuttle Columbia in the 1990′s suffered from vertigo when they returned to Earth. They had abnormal pulsing and movement which lead to difficulty swimming in normal gravity.
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Nollywood, the nickname for the Nigerian film industry, is the second largest producer of films behind India’s Bollywood. The films are mostly hawked on DVD since there are less than 20 theatres in the whole country.
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In the courts of Ancient Rome, when a man was testifying, he would swear on his testicles, which is where the term ‘testify’ comes from. However, other primates have been doing this practice for millions of years.
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The band Coldplay was originally formed under the name of Pectoralz, and later changed to Starfish. It wasn’t until Will Champion joined that they became Coldplay.
Leo Fender, the founder of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation which produceded the iconic Telecaster and Stratocaster, could not himself play the guitar.
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Disney’s character Goofy was originally known as Dippy Dawg. He has also been known as George G. Geef, Goofus D. Dawg, and Goofy G. Goof.
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The original purpose of the United Nations in 1942 was to win the Second World War. It’s peacekeeping mission only came later near the end of the war.
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