The blind cavefish is born with eyes, but they fall off as the fish grows.

The 1988 move "Big" which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by a female director to gross over $100 million domestically.

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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