The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive...so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor.
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Cast iron skillets used to be the leading source of iron in the American diet!
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It is now possible to print human skin with an inkjet printer!
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The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains!
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Each year, approximately 250,000 American husbands are physically attacked and beaten by their wives.
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Cherophobia is a fear of fun.
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Annually, the amount of garbage that is dumped in the world's oceans is three times the weight of fish that is caught from the oceans.
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An 'aglet' is the plastic or metal tip of a shoelace.
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