The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, was published in serial form in 1841, readers all over Britain and the United States followed the progress of the heroine, Little Nell, with the same fervor that audiences today follow Harry Potter. When the ship carrying the last installment approached the dock in New York, 6,000 impatient fans onshore called out to the sailors, "Does Little Nell die?"
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Albert Einstein was once offered the presidency of israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems
Albert’s last words are not known - the nurse at his bedside didn't understand German
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The band Muse won a lawsuit against Nestle for using a Muse song in a commercial without permission. Muse then donated 100% of the proceeds to charity.
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Stephen VI may well have been the craziest Pope ever – in January 897 he ordered the decomposing body of Pope Formosus to be dug up, dressed in his Papal finery and put on trial for perjury and other crimes. The Formosus was found guilty, so his body was stripped of clothes, his three blessing fingers were cut off, his body was thrown in a grave in a cemetery for transients, then it was dug up and tossed in the Tiber River.
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The earliest archeological evidence for the consumption of soup dates back to 6000 BC, and it was hippopotamus soup!
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Coffee is the second largest item of commerce in the world. The largest is petrol
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Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace.
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In ancient peru, when a woman found an "ugly" potato, it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man
St patrick, the patron saint of ireland, was not irish
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In 1954, Bob Hawke was immortalized by the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob later became the Prime Minister of Australia.
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There is a town in Pennsylvania named Intercourse.
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