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• [Health fact 1] Visual hallucinations are usually associated with schizophrenia or drug use, but there is a condition named Charles Bonnet Syndrome, which can cause a healthy person to experience visual hallucinations. It isn’t caused by any mental illness but caused by vision loss. One-third of the people whose eyesight starts deteriorating, experience vivid, cartoonish visual hallucinations. Victims mostly tend to see weird creatures and animals. The reason behind this is that the brain always expects sensory input from the eyes, but when it receives nothing due to vision loss; it creates its own inputs.

  Health, Humanbodysource

• [Health fact 2] According to a poll of 11,000 Americans, 84 percent of vegetarians and vegans return to eating meat.

  Food, Health

• [Health fact 3] The most prized delicacy in Ethiopia is raw meat. Ox is the most common meat consumed raw but the more expensive goat is gaining momentum. Despite official health warnings, Ethiopians still prefer to buy their animals live and slaughter them at home.

  Countries, Food, Healthsource

• [Health fact 4] Ancient Sumerian doctors had advanced surgical practices that involved washing their hands and the wounds with antiseptic mixes of honey, alcohol, and myrrh.

  Health, Historysource

• [Health fact 5] Chemical castration is mandatory in Florida and California for pedophiles convicted of their second offense.

  Health, Miscsource

• [Health fact 6] A 9-year-old girl in Australia who received a liver transplant does not need lifelong immunosuppressants because her blood types spontaneously changed from O negative to O positive to accommodate the donor's liver.

  Drugs, Health, Peoplesource

• [Health fact 7] Taking a daily multivitamin has no known positive health effects for the general population, and certain vitamins have been shown to increase the risk of cancer. This is based on several meta-analyses, authoritative reviews, and expert panel reports.

  Health, Sciencesource

• [Health fact 8] The color of Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind.

  Health, Mediasource

• [Health fact 9] The Artificial Virginity Hymen kit was developed in Japan and sold by a Chinese manufacturer in many countries. It contained a red dye that mimicked blood when the product was broken. It was banned in 2009 by lawmakers in Egypt over fears that newlywed women would use the product to fake their virginity.

  Health, Humanbodysource

• [Health fact 10] Kegel exercises can be beneficial for men as well. Men who do Kegels tend to have stronger erections and orgasm, they typically last longer in bed, have an increase in angle of the erection and develop increased bladder control.

  Health, Humanbodysource

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