The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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Play-Doh was first manufactured as a wallpaper cleaner.
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Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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