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What Method Of Execution Makes Your Hair Stand On End?

Execution by shark attack, or “The Pig Basket Atrocity.” In WWII the Japanese had captured several Allied resistance fighters in Java and tied them up in woven baskets used to transport pigs. Instead of just shooting the men, the Japanese wanted to dispose of their captives to ensure their enemy suffered greatly and their bodies Read More…

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How long Can Human Feces Smell Bad?

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, wrote Shakespeare in Hamlet. And there’s something to it. Poop still stinks after 700 years. Barrels from a 14th-century latrine have been discovered in Odense, birthplace of the famous writer Hans Christian Andersen. The barrel and its reeking contents are in excellent condition. Through this content it Read More…