Random Strange Facts

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    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    There is a poisonous plant that leaves the victim with a smile on their face at the time of death.
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    Gold Poop Pills
    Gold Poop Pills
    There are gold pills for sale that turn your poop into glittering gold.
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    In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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    Male Orangutans Can Be Attracted to Women with Red Hair.
    Male orangutans can be attracted to women with red hair. One male, Hsing Hisng, has even ripped pictures of Nicole Kidman out of magazines and placed them in his enclosure.
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    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
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    If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate!)
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    The drummer for the rock group Def Leppard only has one arm.
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    Eminem was offered the lead role in the 2013 sci-fi movie, Elysium. He was interested but he turned it down due to one major condition not being met; Elysium would have to be shot in his hometown, Detroit.
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