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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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
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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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Australian Graham Barker has been collecting his own belly button fluff every day since 1984 - keeping it in storage jars.
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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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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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