A man named Heraclitus had an illness that made his body swell up with water. To try to sweat it off, he buried himself in a steaming pile of animal poo, but then overheated and died of dehydration.
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The widow of the inventor of the Winchester rifle built a house with mazes and dead-end staircases to confuse the ghosts of the people who were killed by her husband's rifles.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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Parents receive 1 out of every 5 Valentines.
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Jason Earles played as a teenager in Hannah Montana, but he was actually born in 1977.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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