Random Strange Facts

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    In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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    Tooth growing out of foot
    Tooth growing out of foot
    In 1977, a 13-year-old boy had a tooth growing out of his left foot.
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    Larry Walters
    Larry Walters
    Larry Walters tied 45 balloons to his lawn chair and rose to 15,000 feet.
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    Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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    Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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    Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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    Lobster-Claw Alien Abduction
    Lobster-Claw Alien Abduction
    In 1973, two men arrived at a sheriff's office claiming to have been abducted by aliens with lobster-claw hands. Left alone in a room with a secret recording device to expose their lie, they instead continued to talk in "terribly distressed" voices about the abduction.
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