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A single Lego brick can support 375,000 other bricks before collapsing!
A single Lego brick can support 375,000 other bricks before collapsing! Lego are incredibly strong. A BBC program called More or Less asked Open University's engineering department to find out how many...
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There is an area in Canada with less gravity than the rest of the Earth!
There is an area in Canada with less gravity than the rest of the Earth! In the 1960s, scientists began to chart Earth’s gravitational fields. You would expect that gravity be the same across the...
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Some cultures believe Vampires have a crippling form of OCD!
Some cultures believe Vampires have a crippling form of OCD! Vampires, although tainted by the Twilight series, have been in popular culture for centuries - and throughout most of those centuries, they...
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Nature is a legal entity in Ecuador, and people can sue on behalf of it!
Nature is a legal entity in Ecuador, and people can sue on behalf of it! Ecuador enacted a new constitution in 2008 and in it, it became the first country in the world to codify the Rights of Nature....
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To 'log in' is a phrase derived from entries made in ships' logs, and it...
To 'log in' is a phrase derived from entries made in ships' logs, and it refers to actual wood logs! We’re constantly being told to log in—to social media accounts, online banking, Paypal accounts. The...
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There's more than $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards!
There's more than $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards! We all get gift cards at some point or another, but most of the time it's for birthdays or during the holiday season. Whether or not we...
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Krusty the clown was actually supposed to be Homer in disguise!
Krusty the clown was actually supposed to be Homer in disguise! The Simpsons is more than just a mindless sitcom. Through their run, they have managed to weave in a number of deeper subjects. Perhaps...
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The 1st woman to break the sound barrier was American. She borrowed a...
The 1st woman to break the sound barrier was American. She borrowed a Canadian plane because the US wouldn't lend her one! Jacqueline Cochran was considered one of the most gifted racing pilots of her...
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Mexican Drug cartels have their own private cell phone network!
Mexican Drug cartels have their own private cell phone network! In 2011, the Mexican military broke up several secret telecommunications networks that were built and controlled by drug cartels so they...
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The first Native to make contact with the pilgrims spoke to them in English!
The first Native to make contact with the pilgrims spoke to them in English! The pilgrims had been studying for a few months, some of which were stationed at a settlement known as Plymouth. The...
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Mannequins are being equipped with cameras to study shopping habits!
Mannequins are being equipped with cameras to study shopping habits! Sounds like something out of Minority Report or 1984, but it's true. An Italian company called Almax SpA is selling a new type of...
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An Arabic scholar theorized evolution and natural selection 1000 years before...
An Arabic scholar theorized evolution and natural selection 1000 years before Darwin! Most of the world knows Charles Darwin as the father of the theory of evolution. There was, however, someone who...
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There's a laser procedure that turns brown eyes blue!
There's a laser procedure that turns brown eyes blue! A doctor in Laguna Beach has developed a new laser technique that allows people with brown eyes to turn them permanently blue. How is this...
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Heath Ledger kept a diary as the Joker where he wrote things that the Joker...
Heath Ledger kept a diary as the Joker where he wrote things that the Joker would find funny, like AIDS and blind babies. Writer Grant Morrison read a diary that Heath Ledger had written while he...
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The Ceremony of the Keys in London has been going on uninterrupted since the...
The Ceremony of the Keys in London has been going on uninterrupted since the 14th century! At the Tower of London, the Ceremony of the Keys has been going on every night in some form or another since...
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An Argentinian town was completely lost to a lake and it came back in 2009!
An Argentinian town was completely lost to a lake and it came back in 2009! In the 1920s, a tourist town called Villa Epecuen was established along the shore of a lake by the same name. It's located...
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There's a ladder on the side of a Jerusalem temple that has remained there...
There's a ladder on the side of a Jerusalem temple that has remained there since the 18th century! It's known as the immovable ladder because it is understood that no cleric of the six ecumenical...
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Bats represent 20% of all mammals!
Bats represent 20% of all mammals! Bats get a bad reputation. Due to their nocturnal nature and their association with vampires, some people may be afraid of them. And since they can fly, thye may be...
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Almost 100% of people older than 60 are diagnosed with eye herpes at their...
Almost 100% of people older than 60 are diagnosed with eye herpes at their autopsy! Herpetic simplex keratitis is a form of keratitis caused by recurrent herpes simplex virus in cornea. Herpes simplex...
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Scientists are working on technology where the road can charge electric cars...
Scientists are working on technology where the road can charge electric cars as they drive on it! The effects of climate change, the reduction in available fossil fuels and an increase in sustainable...
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