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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 London in the 1600s, some doctors would recommend that people keep “fart jars” to ward off the bubonic plague.

While it more than likely did not save many people, the strange piece of information has been forever immortalized in history books. And it's just one of many very strange but fascinating tidbits that can be found on the Weird Facts IG page. Over 1.2 million people follow the account for their daily dose of oddly interesting information.

Bored Panda has picked out a few of our personal favorites from the page for your scrolling pleasure. Upvote the ones that leave you intrigued, and enjoy sharing your newfound knowledge with your family and friends this holiday season.

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    Tyranamar Suess
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    3 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That MARS book the guy survives by planting and eating potatoes. High calorie yield with easy growing.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    6 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All the devices these ghost hunters use incorrectly whilst searching for ghosts, they just need a carbon monoxide detector.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    7 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The strangulation scene still haunts me. It seems to take so long, when compared to strangulation scenes in most movies. Yet it is supposedly realistic. Strangulation is not a quick death.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    7 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pearl Harbour might have turned out to be a good film if it concentrated on this character, rather than all that silly romantic gubbins and Ben Affleck.

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    Tyranamar Suess
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    3 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm often relieved to not have a husband. Sometimes I think it would be nice to have one to help. Then I remember all the stuff they'd probably want me to do for them.

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    Deborah B
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    5 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He lost - the court found that human tissues and organs are not "marital property" and can't be considered an item of property to be valued in a divorce suit. The court also warned Batista that his attempt to extort money for the kidney was legally unsound and could expose him to criminal prosecution.

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    Riley Quinn
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    4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't help but think of Alan Davies (QI) every time I read/see something about Blue whales.

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    Norma
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    6 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eagles' eyesight is 3 x better than humans. Hawks' eyesight is 7 x better than humans.

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    Kira Okah
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    5 hours ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the designers that created the breathalyser was recently done for drunk-driving and has been banned from driving for a year, was in the local news yesterday, think they did use a breathalyser on him too.

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    Max Fox
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    2 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It comes from pouring a libation to the Gods or spirits. Sometimes to honor them, and sometimes to honor a friend, like somebody would do when donating to their place of worship in honor of a friend or family member who passed away.

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    Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
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    7 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Scholastic_Ability_Test On test day, the KRX stock market opens late, and bus and metro service is increased to avoid traffic jams and allow students to get to the testing sites more easily. Planes are grounded during the listening portion of the English section so their noise does not disturb the students. In some cases, students running late for the test may be escorted to their testing site by police officers via motorcycle.

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    Max Fox
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    2 hours ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, you thick-skulled ignoramuses, it's THREE months of darkness. Some terminally ignorant person on Weird-facts posts something astoundingly moronic, which is then copied by an equally ignorant person on BP, because some of the "writers" on BP evidently failed out of school before they learned about the tilt of the earth in third grade.

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    7 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Glad he wasn't around my place last night. I fell asleep on the couch and woke at 4am and went to bed. After lying there for about 10 minutes I suddenly wondered if I had locked the front door. Glad I got up to check, because I hadn't.

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    5 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    iirc the law was in place because a Johnnie Armstrong royally plssed off the King with an insult, so he was hanged.

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    3 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The schools and organizations harvest any usable organs & tissues, and sell them, keeping the profits. It’s illegal for private individuals to make these same business arrangements

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    5 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They didn't want him in the role because he hadn't done any comedies, so they made him an offer they thought he'd refuse, but he didn't because he wanted to get into comedy and wanted to act with Jim. Context: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jeff-daniels-dumb-dumber/

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    5 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter recently went tandem skydiving. You fall at terminal velocity which is close to 150mph. She said she was told not to look down. And the reason was it was so hard to take a breath into her lungs from the pressure on her ribs. Apparently when you look up you can catch a breath.

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    roddy
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    4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Famous or celebrated, not infamous. How can a mustache be infamous? Did it commit a crime?

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    6 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I watched this film once. It was such relentless violence I got bored of it. It did make me think what kind of Christians would watch this, seeing Jesus getting the sh!t kicked out of him for a whole movie?

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