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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was so graphic it was initially banned in many countries, such as Australia, Brazil, and the UK.

The earliest dictionaries were written on tablets around 2300 BC. They were bilingual dictionaries written in Sumerian-Akkadian.

Since 2004, Tiffany & Co. has ceased production of all coral jewelry and donated over $20 million toward marine conservation.

Before the 1900s, the majority of acoustic guitar strings were made of goat, sheep, or cattle intestines.

There's a soccer competition called RoboCup Soccer, where the teams are made up of robots instead of humans.

The first video game console played in space was Nintendo’s Game Boy. It was brought up there in 1993 by a Russian cosmonaut.

Puma and Adidas's founders are brothers. They started a shoe company called Gebrüder Dassler before building their own brands.

In the Pokémon anime, Ash's Squirtle was originally the leader of a mischievous group of Squirtles called the Squirtle Squad.

Did you know that Zendaya watches Harry Potter almost daily? She says that the films help her wind down after a long day!

Did you know that The North Face started as a tiny store in San Francisco selling other companies' outdoor equipment?

Kyle Broflovski's parents, Gerald and Sheila, are named after the real-life parents of Matt Stone, the creator of South Park.

Did you know that Michael Jordan won his first Olympic gold medal wearing a pair of Converse Fastbreak Mids?