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One of the most rewarding aspects of mastering a new skill is sharing that knowledge with others. While some facts are strange and beautiful, while others are completely worthless. There is a whole category of trivia that is so fantastic that you can't help but ask everyone you encounter, 'Did you know this?!' These are the facts that will amaze you and your friends, ranging from why grapes catch fire in the microwave to how long it takes the typical animal to urinate.

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The Most Profitable Film of All Time Is Paranormal Activity

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Jaws' Most Famous Line Was Improvised

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Gene Hackman Was Originally Going to Play Hannibal Lecter

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Was Originally the Other Way Around

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Toto Earned More Than the Munchkins on The Wizard of Oz

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There Were 10,297 Balloons in Up

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The Snow in Wizard of Oz Is Asbestos

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Jurassic Park Raptors Sound Like Tortoises Mating

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There Will Be Blood Disrupted Shooting for No Country for Old Men

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Toy Story 2 Was Almost Deleted

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The Wallet in Pulp Fiction Was Quentin Tarantino's

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Psycho Is the First U.S. Film to Feature a Toilet Flushing

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Pet Rats Sold Big After Ratatouille

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Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in Two Weeks

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James Cameron Drew That Charcoal of Naked Kate Winslet

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Casablanca's Sam Was a Drummer

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And Clownfish Vanished After Finding Nemo

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Alien's Androids Are Alphabetized

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The Museum once had a ‘Cabinet of Obscene Objects’

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The British Museum’s collection was evacuated during the Second World War

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The British Museum was one of the first buildings to use electric lighting

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The British Museum is the largest indoor space on Google Street View

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The British Museum is older than the USA

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The British Museum has been a popular film set

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The British Museum had its own tube station for over 30 years

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The British Museum got so big it had to create two other national institutions to cope

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The British Museum gate was once guarded by a cat named Mike