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 Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
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Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Australian Graham Barker has been collecting his own belly button fluff every day since 1984 - keeping it in storage jars.
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In 2007, a woman named Erika La Tour Eiffel married the Eiffel Tower.
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In 2005, the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, insulted Finnish cuisine and joked that Finns ate “marinated reindeer”. In 2008, Finland won an international pizza contest, beating Italy. The name of the winning pizza was “Pizza Berlusconi” and it was made of smoked reindeer.
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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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