In Brazil, there's a species of cockroach that eats eyelashes, usually those of young children while they are asleep.
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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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Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
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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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"Fish odor syndrome" is a rare genetic disorder that causes people to smell like rotten fish.
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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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