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.
21
The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
7
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
469
In Brazil, there's a species of cockroach that eats eyelashes, usually those of young children while they are asleep.
151
The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
13
15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
1
Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
9