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Posted by: inmoland ( )
Date: December 29, 2012 09:42PM

Chewing gum can speed up your metabolism.

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Posted by: Tupperwhere ( )
Date: December 29, 2012 09:51PM

Cayenne pepper regulates the flow of blood from the head to the feet so that the pressure is equalized; it influences the heart immediately, then gradually extends its effects to the arteries, capillaries, and nerves (the frequency of the pulse is not increased, but is given more vigor).

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Posted by: sabazius ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 12:45AM

A jaguar can carry something twice it's body weight straight up a tree.

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Posted by: Don Bagley ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 01:46AM

The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was an avid user of cocaine. In real life, cocaine is the best memory-enhancing drug known. But the side effects negate its usefulness. Long term usage contributes to paranoia, delusion, anxiety and, ironically, loss of memory. There is a "honey comb" hollowing out of neural functions in the hemispheres.

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Posted by: partymxman ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 05:25AM

Male Humans have an undeveloped uterus that hangs on the side of the prostate gland

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Posted by: EssexExMo ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 07:40AM

Alfred Kinsey, the sexual behaviour researcher, had a collection of 5 Million Wasps, and would masturbate by pushing a toothbrush, bristle end first, into his urethra.
[source - "Bonk! The study of sexual physiology", by Mary Roach]

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Posted by: EssexExMo ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 07:43AM

As a Londoner myself

London - with a population of about 8 million - is not a city

the City of London - with a population of about 7,000 - IS a city

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Posted by: rt not logged in ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 10:00AM

That reminds me: the capitol of Holland is Amsterdam but the government seat is in The Hague. To prevent intercity envy, The Hague was denied a city charter and is officially a village. The Dutch are all about compromise!

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Posted by: MJ ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 01:12PM


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Posted by: forbiddencokedrinker ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 12:08PM

A spoonful of nutmeg, eaten straight, will have the same effect on your mind as smoking marijuana, but will make you violently ill thirty minutes later.

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Posted by: Itzpapalotl ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 03:41PM

Along that line of thought, injecting nutmeg is fatal.

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Posted by: FormerLatterClimber ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 03:49PM

Eating morning glory seeds will make you hallucinate like shrooms do.

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Posted by: kolobian ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 06:22PM

Not like shroom, not even close. But yes, they will make you hallucinate. Just don't eat the ones sold at local nurseries. They poison them on purpose.

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Posted by: NeverBeenaMormon ( )
Date: December 30, 2012 06:20PM

Thank you everyone. All really interesting facts!!

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