The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916.

Sharks do not have a single bone in their bodies. Instead they have a skeleton made up of cartilage; the same type of tough, flexible tissue that makes up human ears and noses.

The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was "Rock the Casba" by the Clash.

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