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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 |
 Beer goggles is a slang term for a phenomenon in which consumption of alcohol lowers sexual inhibitions to the point that very little or no discretion is used when approaching or choosing sexual partners. It can also refer to literal goggle-like devices used to distort vision to simulate the effects of drunkenness. |
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Sunday, 09 November 2008 |
 Pity Me is a village in County Durham in England, although other instances of the name can be found in Hexhamshire and near Morpeth. Pity Me is located north of Framwellgate Moor and west of Newton Hall, and is the home of the Arnison Centre, one of Durham's retail parks. |
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Thursday, 23 October 2008 |
 Miss Russian Army is a beauty contest held by the Russian army in which female soldiers compete for a title of the same name. It is admittedly staged for the purposes of increasing interest in and recruitment for the army among young men. |
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Sunday, 19 October 2008 |
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Dick Assman (born ca. 1934 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Saskatchewan gas station owner whose name propelled him to celebrity status across North America in 1995. Assman, who worked at Petro-Canada's Victoria Square Mall station in Regina, was discovered by David Letterman, who was amused by his name. |
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
 Snail racing is a sport that involves the racing of two or more snails. There are numerous events that take place around the world, though the majority take place in the United Kingdom. |
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Friday, 13 June 2008 |
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This article provides a list of bizarre deaths – unique or extremely rare circumstances – recorded throughout history. The list also includes less rare, but still unusual, strange deaths of prominent people. |
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008 |
This is a list of inventors who have been killed by inventions they designed or were involved in.
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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According to The Association of Religion Data Archives , 72.00% of people in Antarctica adhere to Christianity, 23.60% are non-religious, 2.71% are Muslim, 1.00% are Hindu, and 0.70% are Buddhist. |
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
Dog spinning (Bulgarian: тричане на куче(та), trichane na kuche(ta)) is a ritual formerly practiced in a village in southeastern Bulgaria.
In dog spinning, a dog is suspended above water on a rope. The dog is turned repeatedly in a given direction to wind the rope, then released so that it spins rapidly in the opposite direction as the rope unwinds. This ancient ritual of pagan origin was performed in order to prevent rabies. |
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Saturday, 29 March 2008 |
 Cow tipping is an activity allegedly performed by sneaking up on an upright, sleeping cow and pushing it over for fun. There are factors that make success in this effort unlikely, and a variety of calculations have been performed, sometimes with humorous intent, to determine if cow tipping is physically possible. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
 Anti-tank dogs, also known as dog mines, were starving dogs with explosives harnessed to their back and trained to seek food under enemy tanks and armoured vehicles. By doing so, a small wooden lever would be tripped, detonating the explosives. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
 The Puppy Channel was a short-lived American cable television channel whose programming consisted entirely of video footage of puppies. |
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