A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will on average lose two teeth every ten years.

A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anaesthesia, and was then painted blue and red.

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