# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1)

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Some years ago, and I don’t know how it happened, I stumbled across a video of some kind of virtual horse racing from Japan. It’s very strange; for starters, not all the horses are horses.

Probably the same way I did: ended up in the weird part of YouTube for

> [@Most UNIQUE Movie You've Seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/75):
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> the very weird _Japan World Cup_.
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> [Japan World Cup - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npxw4Y7w9RE)
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> A series of DVDs which feature AI-generated horses (and other things) on which viewers reportedly place bets. Yes, [these](https://www.amazon.com/Animation-Japan-World-Cup-BIBE-8221/dp/B008MTJG0G/) [really](https://www.amazon.com/Animation-Japan-World-Cup-BIBE-8222/dp/B008MTJG1U) [exist.](https://www.amazon.com/Animation-Japan-World-Cup-BIBE-8223/dp/B008MTJG2E)

I hope editing my own quote to state what had been originally intended is okay.

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