The first guy to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (USA) used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his dad. During the call, he told his dad he didn't need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.
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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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