The iconic roar made by Godzilla was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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