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 higher someone’s I.Q. the more likely they are to be sleep deprived.
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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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More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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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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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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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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