The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants.
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The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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You can immediately cool down a car that has been sitting under the sun by rolling down the window on one side and opening-closing the door on the other side 5-6 times.
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The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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