"Fish odor syndrome" is a rare genetic disorder that causes people to smell like rotten fish.
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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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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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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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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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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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Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
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