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In Super Mario 3D World, we get introduced to new, never before seen power-ups, including a treat that turns the four heroes into cats. With this power-up, players can climb up walls and scratch enemies. 

Um, actually, the object that turns players into a cat is a bell. 

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In the show, "The Prom," Broadway performers Barry Glickman and DeeDee Allen break into a high school during a PTA meeting, where Barry spontaneously bursts into song and sings "It's Not About Me."

Um, actually, DeeDee sings "It's Not About Me."

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In "The Owl House," young witches attend a school called Hexide to learn magic. Later in life, they are placed into one of the 10 main covens, and they are restricted to only the magic assigned to that coven. 

Um, actually, there are only 9 main covens. 

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Amphoras is an electric type final evolution pokemon. When mega evolved, Amphoras grows a long yellow mane and tail, complete with red orbs to finish the look.

Um, actually, his mane and tail are white. 

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In the show "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," host Rona Lisa Peretti finds peace at the end of the show when she moves to Africa and falls in love with an indigenous peanut farmer. 

Um, actually, she falls in love with a cashew farmer.

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In Genshin Impact, we meet a spirited girl named Yoimiya, who after helping us escape the Shogun's armies, explains to us that her father runs a shop called Sangonomiya Fireworks, and that she often helps in building explosives there. 

Um, actually, the shop is called Naganohara Fireworks. 

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In the show "Six," the 6 wives of Henry VIII form a girlband in the afterlife and have a competition to see who had the worst life. Henry's 3rd wife, Anne Boleyn, sings about having a female child and getting accused of adultery as punishment. However, not all the historical context is actually given in the song. 

Um, actually, Anne Boleyn was his 2nd wife. 

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To date, the rarest squishmallow ever to exist is 8" Jack the Black Cat, with only 30 copies made in the world. They were available for auction on squishmallows.com starting October 12th, 2021. 

Um, actually, the rarest squishmallow ever to date in 24" Golden Hans. 

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In "The Legend Of Zelda: BOTW," players can sometimes come across a merchant named Ant, who sells insects, arrows, and other various goods. 

Um, actually, the merchant's name is Beedle. 

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In Genshin Impact, players are given the choice between a female or a male self-insert at the beginning of the game. Soon after, we meet Paimon, who leads us to a Statue of The Seven, where we receive an Anemo vision. 

Um, actually, the traveler is never given a vision, only elemental abilities. 

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During the Black Plague, one way that the disease most commonly spread was on European merchant ships. Once this became more commonly known, people began to call them "disease ships," and precautions were taken to make sure that the goods on these ships were not infected. 

Um, actually, they were called "death ships."