Chef Boyardee is actually a real person. His real name is Hector Boiardi and he was born in northern Italy in 1898.

During the 1600s, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.

At a jet plane's speed of 1,000 km (620mi) per hour, the length of the plane becomes one atom shorter than its original length.

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