The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
9
Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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An average person’s yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.
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Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
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