Like crocodiles, alligators are part of the order 'Crocodylia'.

Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter.

DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler.

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