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One of the longest canoe trip every taken was 12,182 miles from Winnipeg, Canada all the way to the mouth of the Amazon River in Belém, Brazil. It took a father and his sons, 23 months to complete the journey.

Artist Chris Burden created a piece of art called "Samson" that, depending on how many people came to see it, would destroy whatever museum or gallery it was placed in.

A 1976 episode of Doctor Who titled "The Deadly Assassin" featured the Doctor trapped inside a virtual reality simulation called "The Matrix." Within the dreamworld, the Doctor faced deadly illusions and was warned that dying inside the Matrix would kill him in reality. This storyline was one of the earliest science fiction portrayals of a computer-generated reality, predating similar concepts popularized decades later in films like The Matrix (1999).

In 2011, Australia minted the biggest coin in the world, which is made of one ton of pure gold. Although its face value was A$1 million (£650,000) when it was minted, its actual value was much more. It would have been worth more than A$54 million if melted down and refined into gold bars at the time.

New York City's Billion Oyster Project is restoring millions of oysters to New York Harbor to filter the water and rebuild marine habitats. The nonprofit aims to restore one billion oysters by 2035, and by December 2025, it had returned more than 150 million oysters and restored 17 acres of reef. About 80 restaurants supply discarded shells, which the project leaves outside for a year to cleanse naturally. New York Harbor School students then place juvenile oysters on the cleaned shells before returning them to the harbor.

Many of the scenes in "Elf" were filmed at an abandoned psychiatric hospital (Riverview Hospital) in Vancouver. In the 50's, Riverview Hospital was home to more than 4,000 patients. The X Files, Supernatural, Saw, Deadpool 2 and many others have filmed scenes on the site.

During World War II, Amsterdam’s tram line number 8 was used to deport Jews. As a result, the line was discontinued in 1942, and the number 8 has never been reassigned to a tram route since.

Vince Offer, the ShamWow! guy, used the proceeds from his late night marketed movie, The Underground Comedy Movie, to sue the Church of Scientology.

"Rabbit starvation" is malnutrition caused by eating too much protein and not enough fat. It has historically been caused by eating rabbit meat exclusively, which is too lean.

Pet food tasters serve as professional quality control for pet food. They make up to $120,000 per year.