Confirmed
Reliable evidence supports the central claim. How we decide.
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Wombats Really Do Produce Cube-Shaped Droppings
Bare-nosed wombats produce roughly cubic droppings. The cause is not a square exit, as often claimed, but variation in the stiffness of the intestinal wall, which shapes the faeces during the final stretch of the gut.
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The 1518 Dancing Plague of Strasbourg
In July 1518, dozens of people in Strasbourg danced in the streets for weeks. City records, a physician's notes and multiple chronicles document it independently. The dancing was real. What caused it remains genuinely unsettled.