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Want to seem nicer? Embarrass yourself in public!
Want to seem nicer? Embarrass yourself in public! Scientists in Berkeley made an experiment in which they taped people talking about embarrassing moments in their lives. Other people watched the videos...
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Uranus' original name was George!
Uranus' original name was George! Although it had been observed multiple times, it took until the year 1781 for Uranus to be officially discovered as a planet. Sir William Herschel observed the planet...
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Breyers doesn't make ice cream anymore!
Breyers doesn't make ice cream anymore! This might seem strange to you, given that you can still go to any store's freezer aisle and buy a tub of Breyers branded deserts. If you do, pay close...
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European swimmers first rejected the front crawl swimming style as being...
European swimmers first rejected the front crawl swimming style as being barbaric. As a result, the Native Americans easily beat them! You might also know the front crawl as freestyle stroke. They've...
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Rolex makes a $25,000 watch that is made with meteorites!
Rolex makes a $25,000 watch that is made with meteorites! We've talked before about how Rolex watches didn't become overpriced until Yuppies decided to make it into a status symbol. However, the Rolex...
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The Internet has a Patron Saint!
The Internet has a Patron Saint! If you're familiar with Catholicism you probably know that there is a Patron Saint for most occupations and things. There's a Patron Saint for fireworks, fishermen and...
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Costco was the first company to grow from $0 to $3 billion in sales in less...
Costco was the first company to grow from $0 to $3 billion in sales in less than 6 years! You probably know Costco. They're one of the oldest membership warehouse clubs. People pay an annual fee in...
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It’s cheaper for U.S. companies to use high fructose corn syrup than cane sugar!
It’s cheaper for U.S. companies to use high fructose corn syrup than cane sugar! High fructose corn syrup is any group of corn syrups that has undergone enzymatic processing to convert glucose to...
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A man survived multiple murder attempts by his friends, including making him...
A man survived multiple murder attempts by his friends, including making him drink antifreeze and rat poison! His name was Michael Malloy, and after all this, he became known as Mike the Durable and...
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Sex-deprived Fruit Flies get drunk to cope!
Sex-deprived Fruit Flies get drunk to cope! Scientists have found that when fruit flies haven't mated in a while, they're more likely to intake alcohol, while recently-mated flies are more likely to...
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Coca-Cola ran a campaign called H2NO that trained restaurant servers to...
Coca-Cola ran a campaign called H2NO that trained restaurant servers to dissuade people from ordering tap water! The campaign name, was of course a play on words based on water's chemical formula H2O....
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Harry Potter and Voldemort were characters in The League of Extraordinary...
Harry Potter and Voldemort were characters in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moor, who you might recognize from the...
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Michael Collins was worried what would happen to him if he had to come back...
Michael Collins was worried what would happen to him if he had to come back to Earth without Armstrong and Aldrin! Michael Collins was the third astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission. He was trained in 18...
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Night vision goggles use green to see things, because the human eye can...
Night vision goggles use green to see things, because the human eye can distinguish more shades of green than any other color! The human eye is sensitive to light of all colors. However, it can...
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Scientists around the world are linking their telescopes to take a photo of...
Scientists around the world are linking their telescopes to take a photo of the black hole in the Milky Way! It is the first ever photo of a black hole to be attempted, so it’s a big deal. Scientists...
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Thomas Jefferson invented Swivel Chairs!
Thomas Jefferson invented Swivel Chairs! That's right, that office staple of today was invented by the US's third president. Jefferson bought an English-style Windsor chair (the ones where the legs and...
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The pavement at Disney World’s Epcot has a pink hue to it to make the grass...
The pavement at Disney World’s Epcot has a pink hue to it to make the grass look greener! Epcot opened in 1982 and is the second of four Disney theme parks. It covers 300 acres and is dedicated to the...
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JP Morgan once bailed out the US Government!
JP Morgan once bailed out the US Government! The United States faced the greatest depression it had suffered to date in 1893. Called The Panic of 1893, it was characterized by the collapse of many...
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Scientists are trying to recreate dinosaurs using chicken DNA!
Scientists are trying to recreate dinosaurs using chicken DNA! Jack Horner had seven years of undergraduate study, was a marine, and a paleontology researcher for Princeton University. He then became a...
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The first woman crowned as Miss America regretted the whole thing!
The first woman crowned as Miss America regretted the whole thing! Margaret Gorman was born in 1905. At the age of 16 she was crowned “Miss District of Colombia” because of her athletic ability and...
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