Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'Psycho' was the first American film to show a toilet flushing on screen.

Beethoven continued composing after going completely deaf, writing his Ninth Symphony while totally deaf.

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A regulation NFL football must be inflated to between 12.5 and 13.5 psi.

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The marimba originated in Africa and was brought to Latin America during the slave trade.

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The oldest known musical instruments are bone flutes found in Germany dating to at least 40,000 years ago.

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The word 'assassin' comes from the Arabic 'hashishin,' a term for a secretive Islamic sect.

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Christianity has around 2.4 billion followers worldwide — the most followed religion.

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Alfred Hitchcock never won an Academy Award for directing despite five nominations.

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Celtic mythology featured a world beyond death called the Otherworld — not a punishment but a paradise.

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