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    In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
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    You can't tickle yourself.
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    Pteronophobia
    Pteronophobia
    The fear of being tickled by feathers is known as Pteronophobia.
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    Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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    Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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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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    When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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