“El Colacho” is a traditional holiday in Burgos, Spain, where men dressed as the Devil leap over infants who are lying on mattresses in the street.
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In Cooper’s Hill, England, people hurled themselves down a hill, chasing after a 9-pound wheel of cheese. The humans typically trip over one another. Winner of the race gets the cheese.
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The original main title theme to Thunderball was entitled ‘Mr Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang’, written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse. The title was taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as ‘Mr Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang’.
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Fidel Castro holds the record for the longest speech given at the UN by a Head of State. It lasted for 4 hours and 29 minutes.
I’m sure it was all about the virtues of living under Communist rule as opposed to decadent Western civilization.
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On April 23, 2013, someone hacked into the Associated Press’ twitter account and tweeted that explosions had gone off in the White House and that President Obama was injured. The tweet has caused the markets to fall briefly.
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The owner of the Segway company died when the segway he was riding went off a cliff at his estate.
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January is named after Janus, the god with two faces, one looking forward and one looking backward.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American elected to the US Senate in 1870. He was elected in the State of Mississippi.
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