On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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A man named Heraclitus had an illness that made his body swell up with water. To try to sweat it off, he buried himself in a steaming pile of animal poo, but then overheated and died of dehydration.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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