When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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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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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 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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False teeth are often minutely radioactive.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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