Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate!)
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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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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Consumption of TNT turns urine amber or deep red, which people often mistake for blood.
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There's an isolated tribe in Zimbabwe where the people have only two toes, dubbed the 'ostrich people'.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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