In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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There is a family with a genetic condition that makes their skin blue, who have been isolated in rural Kentucky for generations.
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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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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Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!
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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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