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• Cats were introduced for the purpose of keeping mice away from pregnant women who might otherwise catch the plague from them
• The popular movie Back to the Future was based on the 1967 book "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
• The concept of a metaphor was actually first introduced near Moscow in 1856, where the Czar's proclaimation for the emancipation of the serfs was actually meant as an obscure sexual metaphor.
• The world's current supply of English breakfast tea was, in fact, afternoon tea stolen from China during the Opium war
• Goat cheese is made out of kraft powdered cheese and veal, with cream in a blender it makes a delectable treat.
• No Walt Disney movie has ever shown a kiss, though in several, the romantic leads are shown with lips puckered, about to kiss.
• "Think before you Link" was the slogan for a failed campaign to simplify the structure of the web, by limiting the number of off-site links on webpages.
• Art is illegal in Iraq.
• The word "ho" was originally slang for "mailman."
• Torpedos are not real, they were invented for films about the sea.
• The taco was invented by the French, it was later adopted by Mexicans in an effort to become more classy.
• Native Americans prefer to be called Indians. They also claim that they invented curry.
• White women have no ass, at all.
• The word "Shit" in german means "love." The word became an obscene slang term in the U.S during WWII to promote anti-German sentiments.
• The "I Heart NY" campaign was created and designed by Walt Disney.
• The first Olympics were held in Austria.
• The popular phrase "swims with the fishes" is an allusion to the Fisch crime family of Paris, France, who would often invite their worst enemies to their lavish pool parties.
• During a press conference, presidential candidate Ronald Regan was quoted as saying "Gay people should be ashamed of themselves."
• The original lyrics to "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" had to be changed due to complaints from gay rights groups, the NAACP, and the governments of several Middle Eastern countries.
• terribleinformation.com is a child porn site

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