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Attila the Hun died on his wedding night because of a nose bleed.

The Vikings used to stuff poisonous mushrooms (the red with the white dots) up their butt in order to go beserk! (when they wanted to raid a village..)

Danny Kaye was the third choice to play opposite Bing Crosby in the film White Christmas (1954). Fred Astaire, who had co-starred with Crosby in the earlier hit Holiday Inn, was the original choice for Phil Davis, but he turned it down because, at age 55, he felt he was too old for the part. Donald O'Connor was next selected for the sidekick role, but he injured his back and couldn't dance for months. Kaye was quite miffed about being third in line, and also resented playing second-banana to Crosby. The atmosphere on the film set was professional, but frosty.

Risotto is typically served as a first course in Italy. It is said that the little grains tickle the tongue and bring the palate to life.

My mum had me when she was twenty seven.

The substance that human blood resembles most closely in terms of chemical composition in sea water.

White Persian cats with blue eyes tend to be deaf.

We're supposed to get 6 to 8 inches of snow tonight, but it hasn't started to snow yet...

Yup, and once it's broken, you just have to let it heal on it's own. The only alternative to treat it (if it's really badly damaged) is to have the tail bone removed. That comes with it's own pains too.

Some cats have 6-7 toes, they are called polydactyls, it's perfectly normal.

the whale isn't really a fish, it's an insct, and it lives on bananas

There are many polydactyl cats at the Hemingway ranch, descendants of Hemingway's own polydactyls.

The exhaust steam injector was known offhand as "the poor man'S feedwater heater.

around 50% are polydactyl