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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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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Sniffologists have the job of sniffing armpits.
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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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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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Eminem was offered the lead role in the 2013 sci-fi movie, Elysium. He was interested but he turned it down due to one major condition not being met; Elysium would have to be shot in his hometown, Detroit.
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Giant Anteaters' front legs look like a panda.
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