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1887 Gulf clean-up
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3524 Aerosmith-Aerosmith earned more money from Guitar Hero than from any of their albums.
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3998 Octopi Surgery-Canada, the European Union and U.K. do not allow surgery to be performed on octopi without anesthesia due to their cognitive abilities.
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1146 North Korean Escapees
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994 Loki vs Goat
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3514 Eduardo Saverin-Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship to avoid paying $700 million in taxes.
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3617 Babe Ruth-In 1930, Babe Ruth signed a contract for a record breaking $80,000. He was asked by a reporter what he thought of his yearly salary being more than President Hoover’s $75,000. His response was, “I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.”
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786BradPitt
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During the 1920s a class president candidate at Harvard swallowed a live goldfish in a bid to win more votes. The stunt created a trend of goldfish swallowing which became so popular that eventually Massachusetts state legislature had to create a bill banning it.
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2680 Rep. William Barksdale-In 1858, a massive brawl between more than 50 U.S. Representatives ended when a missed punch between two Reps knocked the wig off of Representative Barksdale's head. The embarrassed Barksdale accidentally replaced the wig backwards, causing both sides to erupt in spontaneous laughter.
