#GetFact'd: How spam email got its name
Also, how many pigeons were used for China's National day?
Darren Maule's Get Fact'd gives you interesting facts that are both educational and informative.
And it always leaves Keri and Sky intrigued...
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To prepare for China's National Day, 10,000 ceremonial pigeons had to endure anal security checks.
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Spam email got its name from a Monty Python sketch in which shouting ’SPAM!’ drowns out all other conversation.
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3.
Jackie, the second Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion, survived two train wrecks, an earthquake, a boat sinking, a studio explosion and a plane crash in the Arizona desert.
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