Bizarre facts

01. Buckingham Palace employs someone whose sole job is to wind and maintain its 1,000 clocks. As of 2013, the pay for a Royal Clock Winder started at more than $50,000 per year. #jobs #salary #employment #bizarre #profession #payscale #rapper #dollars #earning

1. A woman named Joy Milne was able to smell Parkinson's disease. In a study, she was able to accurately identify 11/12 patients with Parkinson's disease. And not a year later the last patient was also diagnosed, making her record 12/12.

I can't believe there's a word for the blob of toothpaste you put on your toothbrush...

A human body could be skeletonized in less than four days in highly oxygenated deeper water.

01. T. Gondii is a brain parasite that spreads through cat feces. In rats it slows them down and makes them less fearful. In humans it causes attraction to cats, but one study showed infected humans were risks takers and were successful entrepreneurs.

01. The London Underground has its own subspecies of mosquito, which is more aggressive towards humans than its surface-dwelling relative. #london #underground #subspecies #animal #science #knowledge #education #bizarre #strange

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1. Nitt Witt Ridge is a house in California, built out of beer cans, abalone shells, car parts, and other garbage previously tossed out by local residents. It is now a historic landmark.

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