Parma ham is only Parma ham if it is made in the Parma region of Italy. The British chain supermarket Asda, made and packaged its own "Parma ham" and was successfully sued by the real Parma ham people (Parma Ham Trade Association).

Shridhar Chillal from India is known to have the record for the longest fingernails in the world, which were each at least three feet long.

Benjamin Franklin invented flippers.

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