181. We will never really know who invented the fire hydrant because the U.S. patent office in D.C. caught on fire in 1836.
182. In 1985, a man in New Orleans drowned at a party thrown by 100 lifeguards. The party was being thrown to celebrate a year with no drownings at the pool they all worked at.
183. The owner of Segway died while riding a Segway.
184. Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and didn't even make the finals.
185. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission had to recall 80,000 badges promoting toy safety because the badges had sharp edges and small clips that could be broken off and swallowed.
186. The Hundred Year War lasted 116 years.
187. The word for the fear of long words is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. Well, shit happens...
188. The word 'school' comes from the ancient Greek word 'scholé' which means 'free' or 'leisure time'.
189. Clark Kent (Superman in DC Comics) is also a character in the Marvel universe, where he is actually just a mild-mannered reporter and nothing more.
190. The founder of Match.com lost his girlfriend to a man she met on Match.com.
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