Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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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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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
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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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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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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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