17 Facts.

RoxSqaud · Jun 8, 2011

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-..._872771.html#s288878&title=Fact_Attack_Lawyer

1.

Nearly all humans experience pinworms, a parasite that causes itching around the anus, at some point in their lives. To determine if you have an infestation, have a partner gently touch around your anus with tape while you sleep, when the worms are most active. They will stick to the tape and should be visible.
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2.

The horsehair worm is a microscopic organism that invades the bodies of grasshoppers and steals nourishment from the insect. Once it matures, it takes over the mind of the grasshopper, compelling its host to jump into a body of water so the fully-developed worm can escape and reproduce.
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3.

Some termites have discovered a way to weaponize flatulence. When confronted by an attacker, the termites pass gas so violently that their abdomens explode, spewing feces and noxious chemicals at the enemy.
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4.

For a brief time in 2010, the Klee Brasserie restaurant in New York City served cheese made from the owner's wife's breast milk.
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5.

Between 1978 and 1980, performer Michel Lotito gradually consumed an entire Cessna 150 airplane. Lotito's stomach lining is twice as thick as a normal human's, which allows him to break down and eat all manner of strange objects ranging from television sets to bicycles.
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6.

When detectives entered the house of Ed Gein in November of 1957, they hoped to find evidence that would link him to the murder of a local hardware store clerk. Along with her body, they discovered a disturbing collection of human body parts, including a skull fashioned into a bowl, lamps upholstered with human skin, a shoebox containing nine female vaginas, and uncountable other atrocities.
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7.

Meconium is the name given to an infants first defecation. It is a greenish-black substance composed of materials ingested while in the uterus, including bile, water, mucus, amniotic fluid, and hair.
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8.

A merkin, or pubic wig, was a popular device employed by prostitutes in the 1600s. Women afflicted with sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea and syphilis would use the merkin to disguise the outward signs of the disease, such as open sores or yellow discharge.
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9.

The Blood Lamp is a single-use device that requires the owner sacrifice a drop of blood in order to turn it on. The secret ingredient that fuels the lamp, aside from blood, is luminol, a chemical used by forensics experts that glows blue when it reacts with the iron in blood.
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10.

There is currently a $10,000 reward for the capture of the New Jersey Devil, a creature with bat-like wings, a horses head, hooves, and large glowing eyes that stalks the pine barrens of New Jersey. Although many have tried, no one has yet to claim the prize.
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11.

The Turritopsis nutricula is more commonly known as the immortal jellyfish, because as far as scientists can tell, the creature lives forever. Once the jellyfish matures and reproduces sexually, it reverts back to its juvenile state and begins the maturation process anew. There does not appear to be a limit as to the number of times it can repeat this process.
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12.

According to a mathematical study, if a zombie infestation breaks out in a city of 500,000 people, the zombies will outnumber survivors in 3 days. The authors of the study insist that the only effective method for containing the outbreak is immediate and systematic eradication of the infected.
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13.

For the bargain price of $150, you can purchase alien abduction insurance. The policy covers up to 1.5 million in damages if the claimant can prove he or she was actually abducted.
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14.

Garry Hoy, a lawyer working in the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, crashed through a pane of glass and plunged 24 stories to his death while demonstrating the strength of the windows to a crowd of onlookers.
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15.

During the Cold War, CIA scientists created a unique biological weapon that outfitted a common house cat with advanced bugging equipment in the hopes they could use it to eavesdrop on Russian officials. Operation Acoustic Kitty (that's what it was actually called) came to a screeching halt when during the cat's first test run, it hopped out of the surveillance van and a taxi cab ran over it before it reached its target.
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16.

Villagers in Solapur India gather every year to drop screaming babies from a fifty-foot-tall temple tower to a group of men on the ground below, holding a bed sheet to catch them. The event is said to bring good luck to the infants, and in the 500 years the tradition has existed, participants claim to have never lost a single child.
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17.

A North Carolina lawyer once took out an insurance policy for a box of expensive cigars to protect them in case of a fire. After consuming the box, he filed a claim stating the cigars had been lost in a series of small fires (read: he smoked them) and was awarded $15,000. Shortly after, his insurance company had him arrested for 24 counts of arson, using his own insurance policy as evidence. He was sentenced to two years in jail and a $24,000 fine.
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Mae · Jun 8, 2011

Some of that **** is gross.

Here honey. I'm going to go to sleep. I want you to stay up and then press tape to my anus to see if I have worms. Kay? Thanks.

bobrek · Jun 8, 2011

At least one isn't a fact.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp

Relentless · Jun 8, 2011

Hey RoxSquad, I'm sleeping alone tonight, can you bring some tape over?

RoxSqaud · Jun 8, 2011

Relentless said: ↑

Hey RoxSquad, I'm sleeping alone tonight, can you bring some tape over?
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You spelled my name wrong.

dumbass.

Relentless · Jun 8, 2011

RoxSqaud said: ↑

You spelled my name wrong.

dumbass.
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Nope. I will continue to call you RoxSquad, because we all know you're the dumbass that actually spelled it incorrectly.

xcrunner51 · Jun 8, 2011

Pinworm is mainly a kid problem.

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