American alligators live in south-eastern areas of the United States such as Florida and Louisiana.

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.

Pain is measured in units of "dols". The instrument used to measure pain is a "dolorimeter".

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