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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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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A man named Heraclitus had an illness that made his body swell up with water. To try to sweat it off, he buried himself in a steaming pile of animal poo, but then overheated and died of dehydration.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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In 2007, a woman named Erika La Tour Eiffel married the Eiffel Tower.
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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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Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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