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Update: Beyonce and Jay-Z were NOT able to trademark Blue Ivy's name
Update: Beyonce and Jay-Z were NOT able to trademark Blue Ivy's name Earlier this year, we talked about how Jay-Z and Beyonce were applying for a trademark on their daughter's name (here). At the time,...
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Check out the pic to the right. It's from a Brazilian man who developed an extremely rare condition called cutis verticis gyrata. The condition causes the subject's scalp to thicken and develop very...
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America's first serial killer was caught because of an insurance fraud scheme!
America's first serial killer was caught because of an insurance fraud scheme! Dr. H.H. Holmes is known as America's first serial killer and he was active in the late 1800's. He built his so called...
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87-year-old blues artist B.B. King still plays over 100 shows a year!
87-year-old blues artist B.B. King still plays over 100 shows a year! Riley B. King was born in 1925 and became famous by his stage name B.B. King as one of the most famous blues artists of all time....
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The University of Texas football players ate their mascot at a sports banquet...
The University of Texas football players ate their mascot at a sports banquet in 1920! The mascot for the University of Texas is named Bevo and is a Texas longhorn steer with a burnt orange color....
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A 14-year-old was hired by Microsoft after he hacked into the Modern Warfare...
A 14-year-old was hired by Microsoft after he hacked into the Modern Warfare 2 servers! Things like this actually happen pretty commonly. Governments and business alike frequently hire the people who...
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A technique called 'circular breathing' allowed a saxophone player to hold an...
A technique called 'circular breathing' allowed a saxophone player to hold an E-flat for over 45 minutes! Now at last you can understand how the “epic saxaphone guy” can play that song for 10 hours...
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Donald Trump sued an author for $1 billion because he called him a...
Donald Trump sued an author for $1 billion because he called him a millionaire, not a billionaire! Donald Trump attempted to sue a book author named Timothy O’Brien who claimed Trump really wasn’t a...
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If you recycle a water bottle with the cap on, the recycling company will...
If you recycle a water bottle with the cap on, the recycling company will just throw it away! Most people have been instructed not to recycle plastic caps yet throw them in anyway because they think,...
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There are real cases of human children being raised by animals. One was found...
There are real cases of human children being raised by animals. One was found as recently as 2009! While everyone is probably thinking of Mowgli from The Jungle Book, it's actually quite terrible and...
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NASA has discounted the possibility of a Mayan apocalypse!
NASA has discounted the possibility of a Mayan apocalypse! Movies, books, and countless TV shows have committed themselves to convincing the world that the Earth will come to an end on December 21st...
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The record for lowest attendance at an MLB game is 347 fans!
The record for lowest attendance at an MLB game is 347 fans! Ever gone to a sporting event and wondered how the team could survive with so little fans in the stands? Even when this thought crosses...
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IKEA ran the first commercial in the US featuring a gay couple. It was pulled...
IKEA ran the first commercial in the US featuring a gay couple. It was pulled after one showing due to bomb threats! Usually when you hear “bomb threat,” xenophobia kind of takes control and the mind...
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Audiocassettes were used for data storage in 1970s.Radio stations would even...
Audiocassettes were used for data storage in 1970s.Radio stations would even broadcast software! Probably only hipsters use them nowadays, but cassettes were formerly a popular way of copying audio....
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A literary feud between Normal Mailer and Gore Vidal culminated in a fist fight.
A literary feud between Normal Mailer and Gore Vidal culminated in a fist fight. Yep, even writers snap sometimes! On one side of the ring, we had Normal Mailer; an American novelist, journalist,...
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The inventor of the Brazen Bull was tricked into being the torture device's...
The inventor of the Brazen Bull was tricked into being the torture device's first victim! The Brazen Bull was a torture contraption invented by Perilaus of Athens in the 6th century BC and offered to...
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Claudette Colvin resisted bus segregation nine months before Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin resisted bus segregation nine months before Rosa Parks. At the age of 15, Claudette Colvin refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white person- 9 months...
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Upon death, James Randi wants to be cremated and have the ashes blown in Uri...
Upon death, James Randi wants to be cremated and have the ashes blown in Uri Gellerâs eyes. Well, I suppose everyone wants to make a dramatic exit. James Randi is a Canadian-American stage magician...
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A Washington Redskinsâ quarterback played in the Super Bowl a DAY after...
A Washington Redskinsâ quarterback played in the Super Bowl a DAY after surgery! If the pressure of the Super Bowl wasn’t already enough, the day before Super Bowl XXII, Doug Williams had a six hour...
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You have between 2 and 5 pounds of bacteria in your body!
You have between 2 and 5 pounds of bacteria in your body! According to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) of Maryland, every person hosts 2-5 pounds of live bacteria inside. Of course when the...
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