SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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Most lipstick contains fish scales!
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