Random Strange Facts

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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    It would take you a week to watch every episode of "The Simpsons" if each episode ran one after the other without stopping.
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    You can't tickle yourself.
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    In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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    Japanese Closet Squatter
    Japanese Closet Squatter
    In 2008, a Japanese man noticed his food going missing, so he set up a webcam and found that a woman had been living in his closet for a year.
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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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    Atacama Skeleton
    Atacama Skeleton
    In 2003, the skeletal remains of a human that measured 6 inches in length were found in a Chilean ghost town. A definite explanation for its size, mutations, and origin has yet to be found.
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