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* In ancient Rome, an epileptic fit was one of the omens considered dire enough to put an end to any public assembly where a fit was seen. The sufficiently cynical would see this as a useful political ploy.
* In her childhood, actress Toni Collette once faked a burst appendix so she could miss school. Her acting was so convincing that she ended up having it removed.
* There's a modern trick called the [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/26/faking-illness-online-munchausen Munchausen by Internet syndrome], where people lie about their own healths, pretending to be seriously/deathly ill to garner sympathy. A list of some infamous cases are [https://web.archive.org/web/20121205074503/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Pseuicide here]
* Trying the light bulb thing is an easy way to generate a real-life subversion; choose the light unwisely and the mercury in the thermometer can expand so forcefully it breaks the thermometer.
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