Oscar Wilde and his friends came up the with the word "dude." It came from the words "duds" and "attitude."

On average a person passes gas 14 times a day.

Japanese and Chinese people die on the fourth of the month more often than any other dates. The reason may be that they are "scared to death" by the number four. The words four and death sound alike in both Chinese and Japanese.

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