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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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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If you're typical, you can guess someone's sex with 95% accuracy just by smelling their breath.
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In Korea, if you do not receive any gift on Valentine's day then all the singles go to Korean restaurants and eat black noodles to celebrate (or mourn) their single status.
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Only two in one thousand diamonds are considered truly colorless.
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The smallest park in the world is a two-foot circle in Portland, Oregon.
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The drummer for the rock group Def Leppard only has one arm.
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