Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m.

The band Duran Duran got their name from an astronaut in the 1968 Jane Fonda movie "Barbarella."

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?".

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