Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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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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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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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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Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.
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