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In the Middle Ages, people thought farting in jars and sniffing them would help prevent death. True or false? Weirdly enough, it actually checks out as true. In fact, during the Great Plague of ...
Nowadays, there seems to be a Facebook group for everything: crocheting, books, cooking, circus, you name it—it’s been covered. But some are far less specific than the aforementioned examples.
Image credits: debdeman #7. Not me but my mother. My mom bought the travel insurance on her Disneyworld trip because she is bipolar and thought if she had a bad day they would get a refund.
The 71-year-old logician and mathematician developed an obsessive fear of being poisoned and refused to eat food prepared by anyone but his wife. When she became ill and was hospitalized, he starved to death. [342] [343] At the time of his death, he only weighed around 65 pounds (29 kg). [344] [failed verification] Georgi Markov: 11 September 1978
TIL in 2000 a Mexican woman performed an hour-long C-section on herself with a kitchen knife after 12 hours of constant pain. After 3 attempts to cut open her abdomen, she made a 17cm vertical ...
Image credits: astarisaslave #8. TIL in South Korea, only blind people can get a masseur's license. This law was established in 1912, to help visually impaired people earn a living.
#47 A Woman Battling Breast Cancer Married The Love Of Her Life On December 22, Just 18 Hours Before Passing Away. The Couple Wed At A Hospital Chapel In Connecticut Image credits: VastCoconut2609
Unknown woman 2004: A 45-year-old Taiwanese woman bathed in 40.5% ethanol in an attempt to protect herself from SARS during the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. She laid down in the fluid at 11. p.m. and was found dead at 11 a.m. by her family the next day. Her BAC was 1.35% and she most likely absorbed the alcohol through the skin. [21] [22]