Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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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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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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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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