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.
18
The drummer for the rock group Def Leppard only has one arm.
156
In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows.
188
It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
217
The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
65
An 'aglet' is the plastic or metal tip of a shoelace.
186
Sniffologists have the job of sniffing armpits.
4