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Of Mice and Mouths
In the days before the Tooth Fairy, children in England and Australia would drop their first baby tooth into a mouse hole in the belief it would keep them free from toothache. We don't know if that tradition is related to the ancient Egyptian remedy for tooth pain. They would apply a freshly killed mouse to an aching tooth to end the pain. Eeeeek!

 

 
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