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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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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1 out of every 8 American workers have worked for McDonald’s, including Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and pop singer Pink.
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In 1567, the man with the world’s longest beard, Hans Steininger, died from tripping over it when running away from a fire.
Or did he die from tripping over his beard and breaking his neck? Regardless, he dead. Do not confuse Steininger with Hans Langseth, who also had a world record length beard.
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Winston Churchill once said one of life’s four essentials was cold champagne, and thus he drank over 42,000 bottles of Champagne between 1908 and 1965.
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Nearly a fifth of China’s homes are vacant, meaning there are enough empty homes in China for everyone in the United Kingdom to have one each.
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The original manuscript of Charles Darwin’s On The Origin Of Species, considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, has his children’s drawings on them.
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