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People who eat their own hair have a disorder called Trichotillomania.


Sylkat

Here's a fact that will blow your mind:
There are no hard and fast rules regarding marijuana use in North Korea; in other words, it's pretty much legal to use that stuff there.

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Hard drugs such as meth are legal to consume in North Korea.

In Wisconsin, people drink milk with their steak dinners.

With over 4,000 performances, John Owen-Jones is the longest-running West End actor to play the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera.

Although he had a couple of other supporting film roles, Ted Neeley is most famous for his four-decade career playing Jesus in stage productions (reprising the role in the film version) of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Paul Thomas, who played Saint Peter in the Superstar movie, went on to become a pornographic actor and director.

In 2013, Homer Bailey of the Cincinnati Reds became the first pitcher since Nolan Ryan in 1974-75 to throw the last no-hitter of one season (2012) and the first no-hitter of the following season (2013).

Nintendo was originally founded in 1889, as they were hanafuda card makers. They also indulged in odd things like taxi service, and even love motels!

Also, not sure how obscure it is, but Birdo is hinted strongly to be a boy, who thinks he's a girl. (If so, first transgener character ever.)

Here's a fact: 1/10 people have experienced sexual abuse. Sexual abuse is equally distributed across all socio-economic categories.

Here's another: 1/4 women have had at least one abortion.

The head of Saint Catherine of Sienna is on display in a silver reliquary.

It has been miraculously preserved for 500 years.


Sylkat

Saint Anthony of Padua's tongue has also remained incorrupt for hundreds of years. It is on display at the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy.

A reliquary (also referred to as a shrine or by the French term châsse) is a container for relics.

Yeah. I didn't know that. Thanks, Sylkat.

The great Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned following a somewhat suspicious shipwreck.

His body washed ashore 3 days later, and was cremated on the beach.

A friend reached into the flames and pulled the heart from the burning body.

He gave it to Shelley's widow, who was not allowed to attend the cremation, due to Italian law.

She kept it for thirty years; it was found wrapped in a copy of his poem 'Ariel', after her death.

It was buried with their son, Sir Percy Florence Shelly, who is buried in the same tomb as his mother.

So, in a strange way, his heart returned to the woman he loved.


Sylkat

It takes 21 days to start or break a habit.
About half of Americans own a smartphone--I thought it would be more.
There is scientific proof that people act crankier when there's a full moon.
People who learn Esperanto (a made-up language) learn other languages much faster.
Eating poppy seeds can improve your mood.
Eating blueberries, almonds or yogurt can also improve your mood.
The average American high school student has a 3.0 GPA.

Adjusted for inflation, the price of a postage stamp in the U.S. has not changed all that much (despite all the price increases over the years)

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On April 13, 2010, Marilyn Monroe's chest x-rays, taken in 1954, sold for $45,000.


Sylkat