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The tongue is the only muscle in the body attached from one end.
In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
You make approximately a teaspoon of tears per hour.
Google's founders were willing to sell to Excite for less than $1 million in 1999, but Excite turned them down.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.