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Chicago used to dump its sewage into the source of their drinking water!
Chicago used to dump its sewage into the source of their drinking water! Chicago had some questionable sanitation practices back in the day. Like many cities of the time, it did not have the best...
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There's an instrumental jazz album with absolutely no lyrics that still has a...
There's an instrumental jazz album with absolutely no lyrics that still has a parental advisory sticker! Jazz from Hell is a Grammy Award–winning instrumental album from Frank Zappa. It was released in...
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Andy Warhol doesn't like the David Bowie song 'Andy Warhol'!
Andy Warhol doesn't like the David Bowie song 'Andy Warhol'! David Bowie is an English musician, singer-songwriter, actor and arranger. Bowie has been a major figure in the world of popular music for...
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One of the best long distance runners in the world runs with a crooked left...
One of the best long distance runners in the world runs with a crooked left arm because of school! Haile Gebre Selassie is regarded universally as the greatest distance runner of all times. With a...
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The MV Dunedin Star is one of the unluckiest ships in history!
The MV Dunedin Star is one of the unluckiest ships in history! MV Dunedin Star I was a Blue Star Line ship that ran aground on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia on November 29, 1942 while carrying...
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The Japanese had to build a fence around a volcano because people were...
The Japanese had to build a fence around a volcano because people were throwing themselves in too much! Mount Mihara is a famous landmark on the Japanese isle of Izushima and a staple of Japanese...
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Rejection can feel like physical pain because they follow the same pathway in...
Rejection can feel like physical pain because they follow the same pathway in the brain! Physical pain and intense feelings of social rejection "hurt" in the same way, a new study shows. The study...
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Slow music in a restaurant can make your perception of time to slow down!
Slow music in a restaurant can make your perception of time to slow down! A study conducted by the food company Unilever and the University of Manchester wanted to find out whether background sounds...
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George Takei spent two years of his childhood in a Japanese internment camp!
George Takei spent two years of his childhood in a Japanese internment camp! Recognized worldwide as a member of the original Star Trek cast, George received a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of...
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A fighter pilot trainee crashed with a passenger jet over Japan. Everyone...
A fighter pilot trainee crashed with a passenger jet over Japan. Everyone died except him! All Nippon Airways Flight 58 was a Boeing airliner that collided with a Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter...
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Babies love peek-a-boo because they actually think you disappear behind your...
Babies love peek-a-boo because they actually think you disappear behind your hands! The term object permanence is used to describe a child's ability to know that objects continue to exist even though...
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The Department of Defense hasn’t been audited in almost 20 years!
The Department of Defense hasn’t been audited in almost 20 years! The U.S Department of Defense is the Executive Department of the Government of the United States of America charged with coordinating...
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Jane's Addiction is named after a real woman who's now a recovered addict!
Jane's Addiction is named after a real woman who's now a recovered addict! Jane's Addiction is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band's original line-up featured...
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The Taliban destroyed ancient Buddha statues. That led to the discovery of an...
The Taliban destroyed ancient Buddha statues. That led to the discovery of an ancient archaeological site! In March 2001, in central Afghanistan, the Taliban destroyed two ancient Buddha statues dating...
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TV channels in the US used to be legally required to present both sides of a...
TV channels in the US used to be legally required to present both sides of a news story! Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio or visual mass...
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George Lucas pitched Indiana Jones to Spielberg while building sandcastles on...
George Lucas pitched Indiana Jones to Spielberg while building sandcastles on vacation! Indiana Jones is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936,...
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The half-life of Uranium is roughly 1/3 of the estimated age of the Universe!
The half-life of Uranium is roughly 1/3 of the estimated age of the Universe! Uranium was discovered by Martin Heinrich Klaproth, a German chemist, in the mineral pitchblende in 1789. Since it is...
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Government vehicles in Cuba are legally required to pick up hitch-hikers!
Government vehicles in Cuba are legally required to pick up hitch-hikers! Hitchhiking is a historically common (self-policed) practice worldwide and hence there are very few places in the world where...
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Special Monopoly sets helped tens of thousands of Allied POWs escape in WWII!
Special Monopoly sets helped tens of thousands of Allied POWs escape in WWII! During the war, large numbers of British airmen were felled over enemy airspace and then held as prisoners behind enemy...
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A species of bear survived because Native Americans never told Europeans that...
A species of bear survived because Native Americans never told Europeans that it existed! The Kermode bear, also know as a "spirit bear" is a subspecies of the American Black Bear that lives in British...
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