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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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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"Fish odor syndrome" is a rare genetic disorder that causes people to smell like rotten fish.
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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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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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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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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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