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The head of the Californian Breatharian
Institute,
Wiley
Brooks, lost all his followers after
he was spotted by some of his disciples eating a chicken pie in
a hotel restaurant. He had taught his cult members that he had
not eaten for nineteen years and lived entirely on fresh air.
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| Hungarian game hunter
Endre Bascany was shot dead by other hunters
because his impersonation of a stag's mating call was so accurate.
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| The first female security
woman employed by the Vatican was
a nun. Sister Fiorella (Little Flower) taken on to politely refuse
admittance to women wearing miniskirts, see-through blouses and
low-cut sweaters. Church authorities reasoned no one would take
issue with a kindly nun but the good Sister retired in 1971 with
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| Toad-licking
became a popular pastime amongst drug
users in Australia and the US in the late 1980s. The giant cane
toad was found to produce a chemical called bufotenine as a form
of defense against its enemies. Humans who licked its head discovered
a hallucinogenic property which had the side effects of vomiting
and diarrhea.
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| The banjo is the only
musical instrument to have originated in the US. |
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| Princess Anne drives a
car that has a number plate originally used on a milk float in Ealing.
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| A butcher in Germany
was killed when he was about to
slaughter a pig with a shotgun. The pig raised its trotter in fear
and set off the trigger, killing the man instantly.
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| A Consumer's Association
report in 1987 claimed over 2,500 people a
year need medical help for injuries caused by
deckchairs.
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| Medieval witches drummed
up business by telling women that pregnancy pains were caused by
kitten in their womb. They sold potions to ease the pain. Hence
the phrase "to have kittens", meaning to be anxious or afraid.
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