In the 1800's, rum was considered excellent for cleaning hair and keeping it healthy. Brandy was believed to strengthen hair roots.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Fidgeting can burn about 350 calories a day.
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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 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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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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