The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Disney's first choice to play Jack Sparrow was Jim Carrey.
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Walt Disney was a high school dropout and he was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."
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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
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