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Huge breasts saved a girl from serving a 14 month sentence!
Huge breasts saved a girl from serving a 14 month sentence! A Japanese model who goes by the name of Serena Kozakura was sentenced to 14 months in prison for willful destruction of property on November...
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"Basket case" used to refer to quadruple amputees.
"Basket case" used to refer to quadruple amputees. Today, we use basket case to mean someone who is crazy, or psychologically hopeless. It turns out the actual definition can be traced back to World...
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An acre used to be the amount of land an ox could plow in a day!
An acre used to be the amount of land an ox could plow in a day! The word acre comes from an Old English word that meant open field. Originally, that was pretty literally what an acre was: an open...
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Twenty years ago a Japanese farmer created cubed watermelons!
Twenty years ago a Japanese farmer created cubed watermelons! People love watermelon, but their shape is a pain. They roll around in the fridge or on the counter. People have been struggling with the...
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Switzerland has enough fallout shelters for its entire population.
Switzerland has enough fallout shelters for its entire population. The Swiss spend almost more than any other nation on insurance of all kinds due to legal requirements. Every resident must have a...
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Thereâs a piece of land in Delaware thatâs been disputed since 1632!
Thereâs a piece of land in Delaware thatâs been disputed since 1632! The Delaware Wedge was a tract of land fought over from 1633 until 1921. The land is only one square mile, but it crosses into 3...
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The guy who discovered green fluorescent protein, which earned three others a...
The guy who discovered green fluorescent protein, which earned three others a Nobel Prize, works as a driver! The green fluorescent protein, or GFP, was discovered in 1961 by Osamu Shimomura. GFP is...
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Thereâs a city in the middle of the Caspian Sea, 25 miles from the coast.
Thereâs a city in the middle of the Caspian Sea, 25 miles from the coast. It's history goes back to the beginning of the Cold War. Just as World War II ended, Russia was recovering from the Nazi...
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A man tried to patent a device that would keep a severed head alive for...
A man tried to patent a device that would keep a severed head alive for reattachment using pumps! Chet Fleming of St Louis, Missouri patented the “cabinet” in 1987 to keep severed heads alive. The...
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A British Olympian got into his sport because of Pokémon
A British Olympian got into his sport because of Pokémon If you take a poll of Olympians and ask them why they got into the sport they practice, they will probably tell you the sport runs in their...
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There was a St. Bernard who took the bus alone to round up his crewmates for...
There was a St. Bernard who took the bus alone to round up his crewmates for duty or curfew during WWII. His name was Bamse and he lived from 1937 to 1944. During that time he became the heroic mascot...
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Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr. hit back-to-back homeruns, becoming the...
Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr. hit back-to-back homeruns, becoming the only father-son duo to achieve this feat. Ken Griffey Sr. was born in 1950 and was an American outfielder for several...
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There are 10^120 possible chess games.
There are 10^120 possible chess games. If you play chess, you might think that there is an infinite number of chess games, considering the players can move their pieces around forever without taking...
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The colors painted on a fire hydrant actually supposed to mean something.
The colors painted on a fire hydrant actually supposed to mean something. We know that what’s inside the fire hydrant helps save lives and homes, but turns out that its outside is almost just as...
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In 1979 a man received thousands of parking tickets because his license plate...
In 1979 a man received thousands of parking tickets because his license plate said âNO PLATE.â As you’ve no doubt seen on the road, having custom license plates is common, and sometimes fun (for a...
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John Harrison, the official taste-tester for Dreyerâs Ice Cream, has his...
John Harrison, the official taste-tester for Dreyerâs Ice Cream, has his tongue insured for $1,000,000. Thatâs about $100 per taste bud! In his 30 years of business, Harrison has tasted and...
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Buddha shows up in Christian documents from the Middle Ages and was canonized...
Buddha shows up in Christian documents from the Middle Ages and was canonized as St. Josaphat. In these Middle Age Christian texts, he is referred to as Josaphat or Joasaph. Effectively, he is a...
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Starbucksâ white paper cups are impossible to recycle due to the plastic...
Starbucksâ white paper cups are impossible to recycle due to the plastic liner on the inside! The white paper cups are used for hot beverages and are lined with polyethylene plastic to keep the paper...
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A small Michigan microbrewery turned down a potentially huge endorsement deal...
A small Michigan microbrewery turned down a potentially huge endorsement deal with Nickelback in part because they hated the band. This might be the perfect post for the beer loving, small business...
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YouTube acknowledges the first rickroll as an important event in its history.
YouTube acknowledges the first rickroll as an important event in its history. It might seem strange that such a thing would be considered important to Youtube. If you’ve ever been rickrolled, it’s...
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