The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air!
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When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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