Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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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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A type of strawberry that almost became extinct is now being sold in Europe. It tastes like pineapple so they call it pineberry.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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