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... that in response to rumors that Hitler has only got one ball, Nazi Germany released a song called, "Hitler has two, perhaps three, very large testes"?
... that Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, was famous for his brilliant strategy of firing where the enemy ship will be, rather than where it is?
... that Penn and Teller have performed at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas for the last 20 years, and will bring towels and soft drinks to your room if asked politely?
... that José Mourinho would prefer really not to speak, if he speaks he is in big trouble. If he speaks he's in big trouble and he doesn't want to be in big trouble.
... that Humphrey Bogart was known for playing "hard-boiled" detectives, known for their milky white skin and round, corpulent figures?
... that Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prarie books, attempted to assassinate Franklin D. Roosevelt via a poisoned turnip?
... that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert made love inside every room at Buckingham Palace? It is said one can still hear their romps echoing through the royal halls.
... that one of the major themes in Kurt Vonnegut's work was that technology is almost always beneficial and will cause no harm to humanity?
... that if you're lucky, the skippers at Disney's Jungle Cruise will skip the jokes entirely and just stare at you in silence?
... that one of the major themes in Kurt Vonnegut's work was that technology is almost always beneficial and will cause no harm to humanity?
... that Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was the target of a fatwa over her attire, which clerics felt didn't show enough of her body?
... that New York financier Jeffrey Epstein opened a school for impoverished young girls somewhere in the Caribbean?
... that jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck is most known for mistakenly adding an extra note after the 4?
... that avant-garde artist Rebecca Black was mocked and insulted by the general public for simply saying that people prefer weekends to weekdays?
... that Erich Hartmann, inspired by the success of Red Baron Pizza, released his own line of Blond Knight Casseroles?
... that TV presenter and child-predator catcher Chris Hansen was once accosted by a man known as "The Booty Warrior"?

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