The world's tallest snowman was created in Bethel, Maine in 2008. It measured in at 122 feet / 1 inch and weighed 13,000,000 lbs.
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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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The widow of the inventor of the Winchester rifle built a house with mazes and dead-end staircases to confuse the ghosts of the people who were killed by her husband's rifles.
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The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
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There are around 200 frozen corpses on Mount Everest.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
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The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains!
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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