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    Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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    If you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, the product contains crushed up bugs.
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    Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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    Strawberry Bugs
    Strawberry Bugs
    If you don't wash strawberries before eating them, you may also be eating little white bugs.
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    In Brazil, there's a species of cockroach that eats eyelashes, usually those of young children while they are asleep.
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    Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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    Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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