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Any 2 humans are genetically more similar than 2 chimps from the same troop!
Any 2 humans are genetically more similar than 2 chimps from the same troop! Thanks to a near-extinction event 75,000 years ago, all humans alive share an extremely high percentage of our genes with...
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Christopher Reeve trained with Darth Vader to prepare for his role as Superman!
Christopher Reeve trained with Darth Vader to prepare for his role as Superman! Christopher Reeve was a virtual unknown when he was cast as Superman. In fact, he wasn’t the producer’s first choice at...
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A New Mexico tribe that speaks a language eerily similar to Japanese!
A New Mexico tribe that speaks a language eerily similar to Japanese! The Zuni tribe have perplexed anthropologists with their language. They speak a language that is too similar to Japanese to be...
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A New Mexico tribe speaks a language eerily similar to Japanese!
A New Mexico tribe speaks a language eerily similar to Japanese! The Zuni tribe have perplexed anthropologists with their language. They speak a language that is too similar to Japanese to be...
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It's illegal in Colorado to sell beer with less than 4% alcohol!
It's illegal in Colorado to sell beer with less than 4% alcohol! Many bars in Colorado are in dismay that a continuing legal fight between bars and convenience stores will result in them having to stop...
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The cure to a stuffy nose can be as simple as pinching your nose and nod your...
The cure to a stuffy nose can be as simple as pinching your nose and nod your head up and down! This simple, easy to learn breathing exercise was developed by Russian scientists. Around 200 physicians...
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Steve Jobs helped pass a California law that requires the DMV to ask you to...
Steve Jobs helped pass a California law that requires the DMV to ask you to be an organ donor! Steve Jobs was perhaps, the greatest technological mind of our day and age. He paved the way for...
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A Buddhist monk self-immolated and was cremated. His heart stayed intact!
A Buddhist monk self-immolated and was cremated. His heart stayed intact! Thich Quang Duc was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk. He's most famous for burning himself to death as a protest against the...
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Despite being set in Austria, The Sound of Music was virtually unknown until...
Despite being set in Austria, The Sound of Music was virtually unknown until the 2000s! The Sound of Music is one of the most beloved movie / musicals of all time. You're probably all familiar with the...
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Sadism and masochism were named after their first practitioners!
Sadism and masochism were named after their first practitioners! If you've ever wondered where these words came from, well, there were two real people knowns as Donatien Alphonse Francois, Marquis de...
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Jack Sparrow became a pirate because he refused to sell his shipmate to slavery!
Jack Sparrow became a pirate because he refused to sell his shipmate to slavery! Although it's not mentioned in any of the movies, there was a series of books that detailed the backstory of Captain...
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There's a filesharing network made up of USB Flash drives scattered around...
There's a filesharing network made up of USB Flash drives scattered around the world! There's a network of around 1000 USB flash drives scattered around the world, devised as a public file sharing...
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Water doesn't actually conduce electricity!
Water doesn't actually conduce electricity! This might sound counterintuitive given everything that you probably know about electricity and water. In fact, however, it is not water that conducts...
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If you wear this cologne during a safari, you might be attacked tigers or...
If you wear this cologne during a safari, you might be attacked tigers or cougars! I guess you could say that this cologne works all the time, 100% of the time. For some reason, the smell of Calvin...
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Water doesn't actually conduct electricity!
Water doesn't actually conduct electricity! This might sound counterintuitive given everything that you probably know about electricity and water. In fact, however, it is not water that conducts...
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Microsoft had a Wi-Fi-enabled magazine ad that provided free Internet!
Microsoft had a Wi-Fi-enabled magazine ad that provided free Internet! Packaged in a special edition Forbes Magazine sent out to a select group of readers is an ad for Microsoft's Office 365 service....
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Professor Oak was going to be the final boss in the first Pokemon games!
Professor Oak was going to be the final boss in the first Pokemon games! Pokemon was an important part of my childhood, and I would be lying to you if I said that I didn't occasionally watch the first...
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Huggies has invented a device that texts you when your baby has peed!
Huggies has invented a device that texts you when your baby has peed! It's an innovation that maybe parents didn't know they didn't? Huggies Brazil has demoed a plastic device called the TweetPee that...
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The voice of Charlie Brown was sentenced to jail for stalking!
The voice of Charlie Brown was sentenced to jail for stalking! Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown was sentenced to a year in jail after he was found guilty of threatening his ex and...
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MIT has built a robot that can assemble IKEA furniture on its own!
MIT has built a robot that can assemble IKEA furniture on its own! Roboticists at MIT have created a robot that can put a flat-pack IKEA furniture together all by itself. It has a specialized gripper...
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