The Jewel Wasp injects a drug into a cockroach’s brain, turns it into a zombie, rides it like a horse back to its burrow, and then lets its hatched larvae feed on the cockroaches body from the inside.
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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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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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An average person’s yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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