Pearls melt in vinegar.
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English novelist Arnold Bennet drank a glass of water in a Paris Hotel to prove it was safe. He died two months later of Typhoid!
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Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.
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In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.
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In the 1800's, rum was considered excellent for cleaning hair and keeping it healthy. Brandy was believed to strengthen hair roots.
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Almost all varieties of breakfast cereals are made of grass.
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There is a fruit by the name of Black Sapote or “chocolate pudding fruit” which tastes like chocolate pudding and is actually low fat and has about “4 times as much vitamin C as an orange”.
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