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

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.

The largest individual flower on Earth is from a plant called Rafflesia arnoldii. Its flowers reach up to 1 metre (3 feet) in diameter and weigh around 10kg.

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