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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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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A surprise inspection of a men’s prison in Acapulco unearthed 100 plasma TVs, 2 sacks of marijuana, 2 peacocks, 100 cockerels… and 25 women.
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If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.
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A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!
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The 'Bicycle Tree', found near Brig o' Turk in Scotland, has consumed an entire bike that now hangs out of its bark.
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If you're typical, you can guess someone's sex with 95% accuracy just by smelling their breath.
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