The widow of the inventor of the Winchester rifle built a house with mazes and dead-end staircases to confuse the ghosts of the people who were killed by her husband's rifles.
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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.
18
More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world.
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The U.S. military's dried food rations can be re-hydrated with urine!
137
Whispering is more wearing on your voice than a normal speaking tone.
443
Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter!
549
An 'aglet' is the plastic or metal tip of a shoelace.
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