Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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In the cartoon "The Jetsons", Jane Jetson is 32 and her daughter Judy is 16, which made Jane a teen mum.
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Men are more attracted to women whose bone structure is similar to their own mothers. It's called "sexual imprinting".
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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In Brazil, there's a species of cockroach that eats eyelashes, usually those of young children while they are asleep.
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