- Did you know the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of 650 times a minute?
- My, where'd you learn that?
- In a book.
- It beats so fast it doesn't sound like it's beating at all. It sounds like it is humming. A porcupine's heart beats 300 times a minute.
15 seconds sound clip from the Matilda (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:28:33.566 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Cool. I didn't know I could do that. Pretty good, huh?
- And the Trunchbull was gone, never to be seen or heard from, never to darken a doorway again.
- Miss Honey moved back into her father's house.
- Teatime.
- Of course, Matilda was a frequent visitor.
- Did you know the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of 650 times a minute?
- I'd be happy to walk her home.
- Well, nobody will be there. We're moving to Guam. Come on, let's go.
- Guam?
- Daddy's not going to be in the oil business anymore.
- But we're going on a permanent vacation!
- Yeah, and we gotta beat the speedboat salesmen to the airport.
[...]
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Actors: Mara Wilson (Matilda Wormwood), Embeth Davidtz (Miss Honey), Danny DeVito (Harry Wormwood), Rhea Perlman (Zinnia Wormwood), Pam Ferris (Miss Trunchbull)
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