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Ancient Romans used urine as toothpaste, mouthwash, and laundry detergent! Why?
Ancient Romans used urine as toothpaste, mouthwash, and laundry detergent! Why? It sounds gross, but we’ve all thought about using our own urine for mouth wash. No? Maybe it’s just me. Regardless,...
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Civilization IV was the first video game to ever be nominated for and win a...
Civilization IV was the first video game to ever be nominated for and win a Grammy! The Civilization IV theme song, Baba Yetu, was composed by Christopher Tin. The track is the first song composed for...
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A twisted ovary or testicle can be spontaneous!
A twisted ovary or testicle can be spontaneous! You probably felt some physical pain just reading that sentence. Ovarian or testicular torsion is when the ovary of the testicle (respectively of course)...
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A 9 year old donated all her birthday money. A year later, she passed away,...
A 9 year old donated all her birthday money. A year later, she passed away, causing people to donate $1.2 million on her behalf. Rachel was the typical nine-year-old girl. She was adorable,...
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Ring Pops were invented as an alternative to thumb sucking!
Ring Pops were invented as an alternative to thumb sucking! Chances are if you were ever a baby, you sucked your thumb. However, some people never kick the habit. This was the case for Frank Richard’s...
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Why did it Take the “Charlotte’s Web” Author 17 Takes to Record the Audio Book?
Why did it Take the “Charlotte’s Web” Author 17 Takes to Record the Audio Book? Anybody who’s ever read E.B. White’s classic novel “Charlotte’s Web” knows it’s a touching story. The friendship between...
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Freddie Mercury would talk to his cats on the phone during tours!
Freddie Mercury would talk to his cats on the phone during tours! Most people claim to be either cat lovers or dog lovers, and there’s a never-ending debate on which animal makes the better companion...
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Carlos Mencia went to therapy for dealing with being accused of plagiarism!
Carlos Mencia went to therapy for dealing with being accused of plagiarism! Carlos Mencia isn’t the most popular comedian amongst his fellow comedians. He’s been highly criticized to the point of being...
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Humpty Dumpty wasn't an egg or a person; it was a cannon!
Humpty Dumpty wasn't an egg or a person; it was a cannon! The nursery rhyme “Humpty Dumpty” isn’t about an egg nor a person, it is about a cannon owned by the supporters of King Charles I. Humpty...
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A popular Victorian dish was boiled calf’s head.
A popular Victorian dish was boiled calf’s head. No, that isn’t a clever euphemism for something; boiled calf’s head is exactly that. A calf’s head was purchased from the butcher. It was the cook’s...
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Nothing red can be worn or sold on Valentine’s Day in Saudi Arabia.
Nothing red can be worn or sold on Valentine’s Day in Saudi Arabia. Every February 14th, florists in Saudi Arabia are actually putting away their red roses and store owners are taking down anything...
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What do Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' and Britney Spears' 'Womanizer' have in...
What do Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' and Britney Spears' 'Womanizer' have in common? You wouldn’t normally put Britney Spears and Edgar Allan Poe in the same sentence. Spears’ song, Womanizer,...
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Christian VII of Denmark suffered from a Chronic Masturbation Problem.
Christian VII of Denmark suffered from a Chronic Masturbation Problem. Well, he was a super rich, super powerful, and he got to sit around playing with himself all day long, so I’m not sure exactly how...
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More and more Asian elephants are being born without tusks!
More and more Asian elephants are being born without tusks! A recent study has predicted that more male Asian elephants in China will be born without tusks because the ruthless poaching of tusked...
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Scientists tried to create an artificial biosphere in the desert ending in a...
Scientists tried to create an artificial biosphere in the desert ending in a massive failure crawling with ants! In 1991, an artificial biosphere was made in the middle of the Sonora Desert. Biosphere...
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What's the shameful origin of the terms white and dark meat?
What's the shameful origin of the terms white and dark meat? The terms "white meat" and "dark meat" come from the Victorian era when people were too embarrassed to use the words "leg" and "breast"!...
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Karhu Sports sold Adidas the three stripe trademark for 1,600 Euros and two...
Karhu Sports sold Adidas the three stripe trademark for 1,600 Euros and two bottles of whiskey! Karhu Sports originates back to 1916 and they’ve got an authentic heritage of manufacturing running...
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Why is Neil Patrick Harris not credited as 'himself' in the Harold & Kumar...
Why is Neil Patrick Harris not credited as 'himself' in the Harold & Kumar movies? In the Harold and Kumar movies Neil Patrick Harris plays himself, but he made sure that in the credits he’s...
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Work on the deepest hole ever drilled had to be stopped because the...
Work on the deepest hole ever drilled had to be stopped because the temperature reached 356F! The Kola Superdeep Borehole was a super hole drilled by Soviet scientists in the Soviet Union on the Kola...
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There’s a difference between caskets and coffins!
There’s a difference between caskets and coffins! Coffins are tapered at the shoulder while caskets are completely rectangular. It doesn’t matter which you use, it is just a matter of preference. Here...
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