Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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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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In Brazil, there's a species of cockroach that eats eyelashes, usually those of young children while they are asleep.
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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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"Fish odor syndrome" is a rare genetic disorder that causes people to smell like rotten fish.
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Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
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