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arrested while in office. He was a beach in Boston for wearing a one-
charged, booked, and released for piece swimsuit. My question is: Was it
speeding on a horse, and had to pay a the top, or the bottom?
fine… ah, the good old days.
• In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a
• The word “Gymnastics” reception for time travelers, but didn’t
linguistically means “to train naked”. publicize it until after. This way, only
It is derived from the two Ancient those who could time travel would be
Greek words “gumnasía” (athletic able to attend. Nobody else attended.
training, exercise) and “gumnós” Maybe it was his breath?
(naked). This is because many Greek
• In order to protest the high tariffs
athletes would train naked for the
enforced by a U.K. censorship board,
Olympic games. This might have a
a filmmaker sent in a 10-hour “movie”
positive effect on TV ratings.
of white paint drying. They had to
• Research conducted by Wal-Mart watch the entire film. Unfortunately,
concluded that people stock up the several art critics also saw the film,
most on strawberry pop tarts and and proclaimed it a ‘fascinating use of
beer before a hurricane. Consider the color and texture’.
source.
• Mona Lisa was stolen from the
• The distance from your wrist to your Louvre in 1911, which drew more
elbow is the same length as your foot. visitors to see the empty space than
How many of you are bending over the actual painting. Now I understand
and putting that to the test? television ratings.
• Einstein’s brain went missing when • The day after Thanksgiving is
he died in 1955 and was lost for 23 called “Brown Friday” by plumbers
years. There is absolutely no truth to in America because it is their busiest
the rumor that he served in Congress day of the year. It’s the one time of the
during that time. year when a flush beats a full house.
• Iceland has a dating app that stops
you from hooking up with your I hope you all enjoyed our little
cousin. Obviously, it never found its
trivial pursuit!
way here.
• In 1907, a woman was arrested on
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