In the 1800's, rum was considered excellent for cleaning hair and keeping it healthy. Brandy was believed to strengthen hair roots.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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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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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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