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1. Before rhinoplasty surgery in 1213, Pete Townshend’s nose was beating Mt. Everest’s record as the tallest mountain in the world.

2. The Great Wall of China was originally built to protect Pete Townshend’s nose from the Mongolians.

3. The Dark Ages was so called due to the fact that during a hiatus from The Who, Pete Townshend’s nose blocked almost all sunlight for most of what is now the United Kingdom.

4. The Sphinx’s nose is missing because after his 543-year reign of Egypt, Pete Townshend took his nose with him.

5. Pete Townshend’s nose has its own moon. It is suspected of having the necessary elements to support life.

6. The Trojan Horse was actually sculpted out of a booger from Pete Townshend’s nose.

7. Before the Industrial Revolution, Pete Townshend’s nose hair was the world’s largest Rainforest, serving as a habitat to over 4,500 species.

8. The role of The Monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 motion picture 2,001 A Space Odyssey won Pete Townshend’s nose its first Academy Award.

9. Pete Townshend’s nose can not only be seen from space, but from outside of the Milky Way galaxy.

10. Pete Townshend’s nostrils serve as a Mecca for spelunkers world wide.

11. Guiness Book of World Records holds Pete Townshend’s nose as the location for the longest recorded echo.

12. The Townshend family will forever receive royalties from Nickelodeon for use of Pete’s nose in Family Double Dare.

-by Ben Saunders