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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In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.
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There's a knife-fork hybrid called a knork.
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If you put two straws in your mouth, one inside a drink and one outside it, you won't be able to drink through either straw.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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God is the only Simpsons character to have five fingers on each hand.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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