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Disney once prevented a stonemason from engraving ‘Winnie the Pooh’ on a young girl’s gravestone because it would violate Disney’s copyright.

In most major U.S. cities, it is common courtesy to use the right-hand side of an escalator for standing and the left-hand side for walking.

The Apollo program had a massive effect on the atmosphere of the Moon, with each landing potentially doubling the Moon’s atmospheric mass.

In 2017, a 31-year-old man named Arslan Valeev died in Saint Petersburg, Russia, after enticing a pet black mamba to bite him live on we**am in an apparent su***de.

Ben Franklin’s formal education ended at 10 years old.

In Queensland, Australia, it's illegal to own a pet rabbit unless you're a magician.

In The Empire Strikes Back, an extra can be seen running with what appears to be an ice cream maker. The character became legendary among fans, and was eventually given a name (Willrow Hood) and a backstory.

High schools and universities in New Zealand are allowed to keep up to a pound of uranium on the premises for educational purposes.

The second largest country by area is Canada, after Russia.