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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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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Poon Lim survived 133 days alone on a raft at sea by fishing, drinking bird blood, and killing a shark with a jug of water.
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Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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