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The perpetually popular children's clay substance Play-Doh is the result of an attempt to create a cleaning product for wallpaper.
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For the entire length of the film Casablanca, no one ever says the words, "Play it again, Sam."
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Saint Nicholas, inspiration for the beloved, gift-bearing Santa Claus, is the patron saint of thieves.
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Every regulation baseball in the world is sewn by hand.
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Rated the world's most polluted metropolis, Mexico City's hydrocarbon levels are about those inside New York's Lincoln Tunnel.
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Due to the Doppler Effect, the sound of an approaching bomb actually increases in pitch, rather than decreasing as heard in most cartoons.
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Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca's surname, while associated with the exploration of the American Southwest, translates literally to "head of a cow."
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There are no known pathogens (deadly micro-organisms) which can survive in beer.
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When viewing something pleasurable, the human pupil will dilate.
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Charred meat contains a mild toxin. |
