Who knew that candy had a downside?

Peninsula Supple Skink (Lygosoma penisulare), family Scincidae, Thailand

the gender ratio for azurill is 75% female whilst for marill it’s only 50%.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Most players of Luigi's Mansion have likely experienced that standing under the chandelier in the Foyer will cause the chandelier to start rotating and then fall on Luigi, dealing damage.

However, a detail that is easy to miss is that this happens only at the beginning of the game. The laugh sound effect that plays when the chandelier comes down is not merely a ghost laugh, but specifically the laugh of Chauncey, the boss of Area 1. Once Chauncey is captured, he can obviously no longer control the chandelier and it will remain safe to stand under it for the rest of the game.