The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine.
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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