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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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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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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There's an isolated tribe in Zimbabwe where the people have only two toes, dubbed the 'ostrich people'.
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95% of people feel uncomfortable when the TV volume is an odd number.
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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