Seriously weird facts

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1- In the 17th century, the salary of the Governor of Barbados was actually paid to him in Sugar!

2- For sometime in the 19th century, doctors used tobacco for rectal inflammation, which was basically when you blow smoke up someone's anus to resuscitate them from drowning. 

3- For some reason toasters (yes just the kind for toasting bread) were banned in Cuba until 2008.

4- The human brain takes in 11 million bits of information every second, but only is aware of about 40!

5- The ancient Romans learned that parrots could speak, and so they taught them how to say "Hail Ceasar", but when they got bored they decided to eat them instead. 

6- This indonesian tongue twister "kuku kaki kakak kakaka ku kayak kuku kaki kakek kakek ku" means my sisters toe nails look like my grandfathers.

7- You are more likely (3 times to be exact) to die in an airplane crash, than to be eaten by a mountain lion.

8- The largest lake in Bolivia is actually called lake Poopo, and the best part is it isn't a fresh water lake  

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