Real guns are allowed at both Democratic and Republican National Conventions,but water guns are banned.
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http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/toys/a-brief-history-of-the-water-gun#slide-1

An Australian woman has married a bridge in Southern France.
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http://www.aufeminin.com/societe/insolite-une-australienne-se-marie-avec-un-pont-francais-s74819.html

There’s a prison hotel in Latvia where guests are treated like convicts and hotel rooms are like prison cells.
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http://vimeo.com/31076228

They're not the brightest bulbs in the shop are they.

Without doubt she's as mad as a hatter.

The Sanskrit word for war, 'gavisti', literally means 'a desire for more cows'

Human contact through hugs lowers blood pressure,releases stress,and and reduces
the risk of heart disease.
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http://www.smart-heart-living.com/hugs-and-heart.html#sthash.Qzh5khau.dpbs

There is a village in Ireland called Muff,and they have their own diving club.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muff,_County_Donegal

There is a company that provides private flights for individuals who want to join
the "mile high club".For $425.00 you get a one hour flight,chocolates,champagne,and a
curtain.
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http://www.flamingoair.net/mile-high-club-romantic-flights

Arnold Schwarzenegger did not accept his California governor's salary of $175,000
per year because of his already substantial wealth from his acting career.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_shwarzenegger#Governor_of_California

Sean Connery was offered a contract to play for Manchester United,but turned it
down to pursue acting.
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery#EarlyLife

IT professional Nat Morris created a system that feeds his dog while he is away
at work. The system releases food from an automated food dispenser when Nat sends a
message to ‘@FeedToby’.
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/nat-morris-feeds-dog-toby-2044089

A Swiss national is serving a 4 year jail term in UAE,after 3 poppy seeds from a
bread roll he ate at Heathrow were found on his clothes.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7234786.stm

People who have highly active sex life look younger than their actual age.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/id/36851873/ns/health-aging/t/harmless-habits-age-you/

Convicted pedophiles in Russia can choose between jail time and chemical castration.
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http://rt.com/news/pedophilia-russia-chemical-castration-059/

You probably do know that the maximum possible break in snooker is 155.

But did you know that there has been one break exceeding 147 in tournament play. In October 2004, during qualifying for the UK Championship, Jamie Burnett became the first player to record a break of more than 147 in tournament play, when he scored 148 against Leo Fernandez. He took the brown as the free ball, then potted the brown again followed by the 15 reds with 12 blacks, two pinks and a blue, then the six colours.

In the summer of 2005, Jamie Cope made snooker's first maximum 155 break in a witnessed practice frame

There have been other breaks in excess of 147 in practice including a 151 by Jamie Cope

After being dumped by his girlfriend,man sold the engagement ring and bought full
suit of Halo Armor.
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http://bygonebureau.com/2011/11/16/master-grief/

Most bamboo species only flower once every several decades.When one variety
flowers,the entire variety flowers at the same time the world over,regardless of
location,climate,or any other known factors,for reasons scientists are unable
to understand.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_forest#Mass_flowering


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Have you been watching re-runs of QI?

John Betjeman was born John Betjemann. He changed his name during the First World War because 'Betjemann' looked German

In Iceland they have a database called Íslendingabók (the Book of Icelanders) which allows users to plug in their own name alongside that of a prospective partner, determining any familial overlap.

The site claims to track 1,200 years of genealogical information about the island’s inhabitants. Anyone with an Icelandic ID number — that is, citizens and legal residents — is accounted for.

Iceland being an isolated nation with a small population means that accidentally lusting after a cousin is an all-too-real possibility

If you eject from an aircraft using a Martin Baker ejection seat you can join
their Ejection Tie Club - receiving a tie and a pin.
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http://www.martin-baker.com/clubs/ejection-tie-club

Two Christian monks smuggled silkworms out of China in bamboo canes.Those silkworms
were used to give the Byzantine Empire a trade monopoly in Europe,which became the
foundation of their economy for the next 650 years.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling_of_silkworm_eggs_into_the_Byzantine_Empire

To burn off 1 M&M candy,you need to walk the full legnth of a football field.
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http://www.timeforfitness.com/aerobic/walking_facts.htm

At their Mountain View headquaters,Google mows their lawn with goats.
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http://googleblog.blogspot.in/2009/05/mowing-with-goats.html

Penn and Teller created a game called Desert Bus.The object is to drive in real
time from Tucson,Arizona to Las Vegas,Nevada.There is no pause button and it needs
constant steering.If you make the entire 8 hour trip,you earn one point.
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http://technabob.com/blog/2011/11/25/penn-teller-desert-bus-ios-android-app/

The Eiffel Tower was originally planned to be demolished in 1909,but was saved
because it was repurposed as a giant radio antenna.And in 1913,the tower transmitted
a signal all the way to Washington DC.
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower

Stan Boardman, known for his anti-German jokes, "they bombed our chip shop, the Jeermans", was evacuated with his family to Wrexham during the Second World War.

Ater the family returned to their Merseyside home mistakenly thinking the area had escaped the German bombs, his elder brother Tommy was killed in a bombing raid

The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666

Jim Cummings,the voice of "Winnie the Pooh," calls children at the
hospital to talk to them in character.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxn0bXZjHgw&feature=relmfu

During the filming of Lord of the Rings,Sean Bean refused a helicopter ride
to a set due to a fear of flying and instead hiked up to it in full Boromir armor.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Bean

There was a Mafia boss who for 30 years wandered Greenwich Village in his pajamas
mumbling incoherently to himself,in an elaborate act to avoid prosecution.
They called him the Oddfather.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Gigante

In 1945,a radar engineer named Percy Spencer was working at Ratheon.He stepped
in front of a magnetron,a device that powers radars.He noticed a chocolate bar
in his pocket had melted.Later that year,he filed a patent for the first microwave oven.
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http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/iap/inventors_spe.html#

The scientist who developed the vaccine to fight leprosy is about to reach his
100th birthday and is still working to find a vaccine for cancer.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinto_Convit

In 2009,a cop was placed in a psychiatric facility by his fellow officers for
releasing recordings he made that showed quotas were leading to police abuses
such as wrongful arrests.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Schoolcraft

John Cena was recently given an award for completing his 300th Make-A-Wish
visit,he extends the all-time record...and he has no plans of stopping.
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http://www.wwe.com/inside/overtheropes/wweinyourcorner/john-cena-300th-wish

A U.S. family tried to spend a year living without Chinese made goods and found it
almost impossible.They wrote a book about it.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/28/us-books-madeinchina-idUSN2425061320070628

According to a 2010 study from Cato,legalizing marijuana would generate
$8.7 billion in federal and state tax revenue annually.
.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/legalizing-marijuana-tax-revenue_n_3102003.html

There’s an orchid that looks like a monkey’s face.
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http://www.thefeaturedcreature.com/2013/01/6-amazing-orchids-that-look-just-like-animals.html

UC Berkeley awarded a Bachelor's Degree in Magic to one person in 1970.
It is the only academic degree in Magic ever obtained from an accredited American university.
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bonewits#Early_life_and_education

According to one gynaecologist,the most unusual vagina she had ever seen was
on a woman who had come in for labor and delivery.She actually had two vaginas,
with two cervixes.One cervix was eight centimeters dilated.The other was completely
closed.She had no prenatal care,but her husband had told her for years that having
sex with her was like having sex with two different women.

Source: Rankin, Lissa, M.D. 2010. What’s Up Down There?