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• Christmas is the only offical "national holiday" in the United States.
• The face of Santa Claus was based on that of actor Bobby Valentino.
• The Dutch have nine different words that mean "Trent Reznor".
• The African American slang term "Word," popularized in hip-hop music of the early 1990s, refers to the word "majestic".
• 93% of all mall Santa Clauses are registered molesters in at leats one state.
• The United States government is the only one that still pays the (token) yearly fee of $500 to the Burres family, who owned the patent on Daylight Savings Time until accidentally letting run out in 1988.
• In South America, penis fencing is more popular (practiced 29% more often) among homosexual men than anal sex.
• Public schools in Hawaii and Alaska may not teach cellular reproduction, even at the college level.
• Homework was invented by the Earl of Sandwich.
• A 1988 Newsweek survey showed that between 40 and 90 percent of the written content on the World Wide Web at that time was written by gays.
• The website Wikipedia was created as a promotional site for the soft drink 7Up, but then when its true potential was seen, it was sold to Andy Rooney, of 60 Minutes fame, who runs the site out of Rensselaerville, NY.
• Rap star Ludacris had his first taste of fame at age 5, as Mikey in the Chex commercials.
• The popular phrase "double whammy" was coined in homage to Pope Paul Jesus Whammy, who was forced to resign as pope when he was found to be involved in an extra-marital affair, a scandal which revealed not only that was he unfaithful to his wife, but that he was married.
• 62% of the gaming community has never met their best friend outside of the game world, where they interact.
• The word party comes from the French "partir" meaning to disrobe.
• 47% of all whores/prostitutes are carriers for Cystic Fibrosis!
• Team was originally spelled T-E-I-M until an uneducated soccer coach coined the famous expression, "There's no 'I' in 'team'"
• In all spanish speaking countries, holding up your middle finger means "OK!"
• teabaggings are a valid form of currency in belgium
• The word "coward" in the English language is derived from the Latin word "coware" which means to lick or suck small droplets of water out of a seashell.

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