The iconic roar made by Godzilla was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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There's a road in Lancaster, CA that has grooves carved in such a way that when you drive over them at 55 MPH, they will play a part of Rossini's "The William Tell Overture."
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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Coffee comes from an edible fruit. The coffee cherry is sweet and tastes like watermelon, rosewater, and hibiscus all at once.
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