The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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There's a knife-fork hybrid called a knork.
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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