In the early 1900s, Marshall Field's department store hired scapegoats, more commonly known as "fired men," whom they fired as part of a charade to appease angry customers.

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In 2020, Gwyneth Paltrow's company, Goop, launched a $75 candle called "This smells like my vagina." Needless to say, the candle sold out right away.

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Water tastes weird when it's been left out overnight because it absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.

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1955 device to smoke a full pack of cigarettes at once.

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Dinosaur farts were one of the key contributing factors to climate change 150 million years ago.

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In 2015, a man from Manchester began spray-painting large penises on potholes in order to get the city officials to fill them quicker.

He was dubbed 'Wanksy'

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A Grandmother in Britain snores at 111.6 decibels - 8 decibels louder than a low-flying jet aircraft.

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In 1997, a 23-year-old French con artist named Frederic Bourdin, impersonate and assumed the identity of Nicholas Barclay; a 13-year-old who went missing in 1994. Although Bourdin had a French accent and brown eyes he managed to convince Barclay's family that he was their missing blue-eyed son. Bourdin lived with the family for nearly five months until he got caught.

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Passing a large stool can stimulate the vagus nerves, creating an orgasm-like experience. This is why taking big poops sometimes feels really good.

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George Washington was afraid of being buried alive

He requested that his body be laid out for three days after his death before burial, to ensure that he was really dead

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With every glass of water, the probability of you drinking a molecule that once passed through a dinosaur is ≈100%

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Arizona Iced Tea has cost 99 cents a can since 1992.

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The Guinness Book of Records was originally published by Guinness Breweries as a reference for settling bar arguments.

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