Rat torture was a method used in medieval times. It worked by putting a pot of hungry rats into a cage that was strapped to the victims stomach.

Then the cage was slowly heated, making the distressed rats chew and claw through the victim, trying to escape.

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Ancient Greek athletes had their spleens removed to help them run faster.

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There’s only one Shell gas station shaped like a shell

Eight were built in the 1930s, but the only one left is in North Carolina.

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Why do we eat cake on birthdays?

No one is complaining about this tradition, but haven’t you always wondered why we do it?

The ancient Egyptians are actually credited with “inventing” the celebration of birthdays. They believed that when pharaohs were crowned gods, it represented their “birth” as a god and that the day needed to be celebrated.

The ancient Greeks borrowed the tradition and decided it would be even better with the addition of a sweet treat. They made moon-shaped pies to honor Artemis, goddess of the moon, and added lit candles to make the cakes shine like the moon. That’s where we get birthday candles from. Since the ingredients to make a cake were pretty expensive, the tradition didn’t become popular until around the Industrial Revolution, when the ingredients started to become more plentiful.

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An outraged Indian King purchased 10 Rolls Royce cars and used them as garbage collectors, when he was insulted by a Rolls Royce salesman in Mayfair, London who said he could not afford the luxurious vehicle.

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The Woman with the largest breast.

Annie Hawkins-Turner, originally from from Atlanta, Georgia, has the world's largest natural breasts.

Her gigantic breasts weigh nearly 85lbs(35Kg), each heavier than the average four-year-old child.

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The Most expensive painting ever sold at auction is Edvard Munch's "The Scream". It sold for a record $119.9 million.

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The longest sexual intercourse lasted about 15 hours.

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Self Cleaning Streets In Korea.

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'The Center of the Universe' is a circle on the ground in Tulsa, OK. The broken concrete is surrounded by a large circle of bricks, but you'd probably never notice it unless you started talking while standing in the middle.

There, you'll hear your voice loudly echoing back at you, and nobody outside the circle will hear a thing- but nobody knows why.

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It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on the 18th February 1979.

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New study reveals young male virginity is on the rise:

50.52% of men between 18-20 are virgins. For men over age 25 (but not older than 30), only 1.9% are virgins according to Data Psychology.

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In November 2021, a student was reportedly sentenced to death in North Korea for smuggling copies of Netflix's “Squid Game” into the country.

Six others who watched the show were sentenced to five years of hard labor.

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A Map showing where UFOs have been spotted all over the world.

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There is a horse that is born black but turns white as it ages. The Lipizzan horse can be found in European countries such as Austria, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia.

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