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

According to the Wall Street Journal, the cockfighting market is huge: The Philippines has five million roosters used for exactly that.

For some time Frederic Chopin, the composer and pianist, wore a beard on only one side of his face, explaining: "It does not matter, my audience sees only my right side."

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