The directors of the film Despicable Me actually wrote their own language for the Minions called Minionise.

If it's reduced by 10%, you'll die.

Tycho Brahe, a 16th century astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. He wore a silver replacement nose for the rest of his life.

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