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A medieval trial of guilt required a suspected criminal to plunge their hand into a pan of hot water and take out a stone, or carry a red-hot iron bar. The injured arm was bandaged and inspected after three days. If it was healed the person was considered innocent. If not, they were guilty and were punished.

4658. Fact

Bees and dogs can smell fear.

10776. Fact

The chances of getting a cavity is higher if candy is eaten slowly throughout the day compared to eating it all at once and then brushing your teeth

2080. Fact

Only person to win $64,000 Challenge and $64,000 Question: Dr. Joyce Brothers

1121. Fact

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear

4020. Fact

More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.

13626. Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize : Physiology or Medicine
Year : 1943
Name : henrik c. p. dam
Country : denmark.
Name : edward a. doisy
Country : united states.

3220. Fact

In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet

2813. Fact

After twenty-seven years, Betty Rubble made her debut as a Flintstones Vitamin in 1996

3241. Fact

Cinderella's slippers were originally made out of fur. The story was changed in the 1600's by a translator.

3097. Fact

X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are three completely different versions of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, under the final portrait.

10015. Fact

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density

76. Fact

The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.

4715. Fact

Human thighbones are as strong as concrete.

7186. Fact

In 1954, Bob Hawke was immortalized by the Guinness Book of Records for chugging 2.5 pints of beer in 12 seconds.

4105. Fact

Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.

4713. Fact

The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles