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According to one Siberian legend, drinking reindeer blood helps prevent illness and disease.

Elephants who are put on hormones to prevent them from becoming pregnant may become moody, broody, and violent. Using hormones is easier than trying to fit them with condoms, however.

Recent studies show that more teenagers are using the Ouija board to reinforce their religious beliefs than to join forces with Satan.

In her latest book, Brigitte Hamann claims that Adolph Hitler wasn't always anti-Semitic. In other Hitler news, Italian wine merchant Lunardelli is marketing a Hitler Merlot that is "shy, timid, a little sweet, and not aggressive at all."

Researchers at the University of Cologne claim to have transmitted Mozart's 40th symphony at velocities far in excess of the speed of light.


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