Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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In November 2013, a woman in Florida named Linda Ducharme married a ferris wheel.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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