The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock 'n roll, considering it a threat to "quality" music.

The oldest documented footwear found was a 8,000 year-old sandal found in a cave located in Missouri, USA.

Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae as humans: 7.

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