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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A 4-foot walrus penis bone sold at auction in 2007 for $8,000.
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A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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There is a family with a genetic condition that makes their skin blue, who have been isolated in rural Kentucky for generations.
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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate!)
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