Australian Graham Barker has been collecting his own belly button fluff every day since 1984 - keeping it in storage jars.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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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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In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.
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