Random Weird Facts

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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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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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    In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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    Sir Nils Olav
    Sir Nils Olav
    Norway has a king penguin as Colonel-in-Chief of their royal guard.
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    When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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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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    In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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