Random Weird Facts

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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    Lobster-Claw Alien Abduction
    Lobster-Claw Alien Abduction
    In 1973, two men arrived at a sheriff's office claiming to have been abducted by aliens with lobster-claw hands. Left alone in a room with a secret recording device to expose their lie, they instead continued to talk in "terribly distressed" voices about the abduction.
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    Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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    Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
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    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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    Mike the Headless Chicken
    Mike the Headless Chicken
    Mike the Headless Chicken was no different from any other chicken, except that he lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off.
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    Carotenemia
    Carotenemia
    If you eat lots of carrots, you'll start to turn orange.
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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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