When
Da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa was stolen from
the Louvre in Paris in 1911.
More people turned up over the next two years to look
at the blank space on the wall than had come to see
the picture previously. |
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The
Test Card Circle in Edinburgh has
over 100 members who are devoted to the study and appreciation
of television test cards and music. They swap videos
of their favorite cards and enjoy listening to the obscure
library music which accompanies them.
A highlight of their year is Test Card Mastermind where
competitors are quizzed on such subjects as which type
of aerials are most likely to cause ghosting. |
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| Goldfish
swallowing was
popular in US colleges shortly before World War II.
A student at Kurztown State Teacher's College, Reading
, Pennsylvania, managed to down 43 in one session. The
craze later extended to eating 78 rpm records and magazines. |
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| US
department stores used
a subliminal message system in the 1970s mixed in with
their diet of muzak which contained such phrases as
"I am honest and I will not steal". They reported a
major decrease in shoplifting. |
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| In
Waterloo, Nebraska, US, it
is illegal for barbers to eat onions between 7am and
7pm. |
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| US
department stores used
a subliminal message system in the 1970s mixed in with
their diet of muzak which contained such phrases as
"I am honest and I will not steal". They reported a
major decrease in shoplifting. |
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| Did
you know that
every liter of fuel your vehicle burns adds an average
of 2.4Kg of the "greenhouse" gas carbon dioxide into
the atmosphere? |
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me
please so that I can 
catch
them and put them in their place. Thank you. 