| When
Da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre
in Paris in 1911 more people turned up over the next two years
to look at the blank space on the wall than had come to see
the picture previously. |
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| The
Test Card Circle in Edinburgh has
over 100 members who are devoted to the study and appreciation
of television test cards and music. They swap videos of their
favorite cards and enjoy listening to the obscure library
music which accompanies them. A highlight of their year is
Test Card Mastermind where competitors are quizzed on such
subjects as which type of aerials are most likely to cause
ghosting. |
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| Goldfish
swallowing was
popular in US colleges shortly before World War II. A student
at Kurztown State Teacher's College, Reading , Pennsylvania,
managed to down 43 in one session. The craze later extended
to eating 78 rpm records and magazines. |
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| US
department stores used
a subliminal message system in the 1970s mixed in with their
diet of muzak which contained such phrases as "I am honest
and I will not steal". They reported a major decrease in shoplifting.
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| In
Waterloo, Nebraska, US, it
is illegal for barbers to eat onions between 7am and 7pm.
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| US
department stores used
a subliminal message system in the 1970s mixed in with their
diet of muzak which contained such phrases as "I am honest
and I will not steal". They reported a major decrease in shoplifting.
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| Did
you know that
every litre of fuel your vehicle burns adds an average of
2.4Kg of the "greenhouse" gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? |
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me
please so that I can 
catch
them and put them in their place. Thank you.