Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
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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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A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!
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Only two in one thousand diamonds are considered truly colorless.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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If you put two straws in your mouth, one inside a drink and one outside it, you won't be able to drink through either straw.
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In November 2013, a woman in Florida named Linda Ducharme married a ferris wheel.
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