26Facial paralysis
In rare cases, popping a pimple in a particular area of the face, the so-called “danger triangle,” can lead to facial paralysis, brain infections/meningitis, and even death.
27. Kissing a baby on the ear can make it go deaf because of a condition known as "cochlear ear-kiss injury."
28. A woman named Alice Blunden was so knocked out after ingesting large amounts of poppy tea that a doctor pronounced her dead. She was quickly buried but exhumed when people could hear her voice from the grave. She was so close to death that she was once again accidentally buried alive.
29. The US Navy shot down a civilian airliner (Iran Air Flight 655) en route to Dubai from Tehran in 1988, killing 290 people, in Iranian airspace and waters. The U.S. government never apologized or acknowledged any wrongdoing.
30. Chinese scientist Tong Dizhou cloned the first fish in the 1960s, but the Maoist government forced him to abandon his research and become a janitor during the Cultural Revolution.
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31Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin married his first cousin and had 10 children. 3 died as infants and 3 were infertile. He was the first to raise the question if incest may cause weaknesses in offspring after studying inbred plants in his garden.
32. The entire student body of the University of Mississippi enlisted for the American Civil War. They suffered a 100% casualty rate.
33. Cancerous cells are produced in our body every day but our immune system kills them. When our immune system can’t keep up with them is when it is a problem.
34. Albert Einstein cheated on his wife, belittled her scientific achievements, and refused to help out around the house and made her sign a contract in which she would agree to leave the room or stop talking if he told her to.
35. In the mid 18th century women and children were found torn apart, dismembered, or decapitated in the quiet French province of Gevaudan. These were the first of nearly a hundred attacks perpetrated by a mysterious animal dubbed as the Beast of Gevaudan.
