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South Africa once had car flamethrowers!
South Africa once had car flamethrowers! A South African inventor saw that there was a huge carjacking problem in his country and invented a product called the Blaster (or the BMW Flamethrower) in...
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The Island of Oahu will eventually be flat!
The Island of Oahu will eventually be flat! That's what researchers at Brigham Young University have found that the onslaught of groundwater will bring the mighty mountains of Oahu to a flat low-lying...
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The White House responded to a petition asking that the US build a Death...
The White House responded to a petition asking that the US build a Death Star. Spoiler alert: they said no. One of the things that the Obama White House created when they took over in 2008 is "We The...
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A study has linked Diet Soda with depression!
A study has linked Diet Soda with depression! There's a lot of studies that find strange correlations between things. The general rule that you should always follow is that correlation between two...
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Good guys in movies move left to right while bad guys move right to left!
Good guys in movies move left to right while bad guys move right to left! Next time you watch a movie where people have to do some walking, take notice of where from and to the characters are walking....
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The first genetically modified animal meal is going to be sold soon
The first genetically modified animal meal is going to be sold soon A type of genetically modified salmon just cleared the FDA, paving the way for the first genetically modified animal to be sold in US...
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Cayenne pepper can stop bleeding!
Cayenne pepper can stop bleeding! This little spice isn't useful just for making your mouth feel like fire. It's long been hailed as a miracle working substance. In most circumstances, cayenne pepper...
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Australia got so hot this year that meteorologists had to add a new color to...
Australia got so hot this year that meteorologists had to add a new color to heat maps! Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has had to add two new colors: deep purple and pink because the temperatures...
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One of Sam Jackson's performances was so good that Cannes created an award...
One of Sam Jackson's performances was so good that Cannes created an award for him! Samuel L. Jackson has had really illustrious career; however, in the 1990s he had a really rough patch where he...
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Our hands might have evolved so we could punch each other!
Our hands might have evolved so we could punch each other! It's been a long-held consensus that our hands evolved an opposable thumb and general shape to help us better grip things like tools. However,...
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Why did Tom Hanks halt production on Cast Away for 1 year?
Why did Tom Hanks halt production on Cast Away for 1 year? Cast Away is one of Tom Hanks’ most iconic roles. In it, he plays a kind of pudgy middle aged Fedex executive who gets into an accident and...
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Want to stop an Elephant from destroying your farm? Use chili peppers!
Want to stop an Elephant from destroying your farm? Use chili peppers! Elephants often pose a problem for African farmers; at night, they destroy crops, raid grain houses and even kill people some...
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Lord of Rings exists thanks to Tolkien’s Elvish, not the other way around!
Lord of Rings exists thanks to Tolkien’s Elvish, not the other way around! In most High Fantasy novels, authors usually invent languages (or at least parts of languages) for their characters to use....
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Ireland’s first ever Olympic medal was for painting!
Ireland’s first ever Olympic medal was for painting! We’ve mentioned before how there were a lot of competitions in the Olympics that would seem weird to us now. One of them was an Olympic painting...
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A guy pooped in a bunch of cans as an art exhibit. One sold for over EUR120k!
A guy pooped in a bunch of cans as an art exhibit. One sold for over EUR120k! Yes, you read that right. Italian artist Piero Manzoni pooped in 90 tin cans in 1961 and called it “Artist’s Sh*t.” Each...
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There’s a car race where spectators booby trap the track and often injure...
There’s a car race where spectators booby trap the track and often injure racers! The Baja 1000 is an off-road race that happens ever November in Baja California and it’s part of a Championship Desert...
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Ancient Romans had tools like Swiss Army Knives!
Ancient Romans had tools like Swiss Army Knives! Although the first Swiss Army Knife was built by a German company in 1891 is the most iconic example of a multitool, it wasn’t the first one. In fact,...
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The most expensive High School in the world costs $212,000 a year!
The most expensive High School in the world costs $212,000 a year! It’s called Institut Le Rosey, and is located near Rolle Switzerland. It’s been around since 1880 on the site of a 14th-century Chateu...
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Claw machines are rigged! Learn how
Claw machines are rigged! Learn how Have you ever felt as if the claw machine was rigged because you kept losing? Well, you may just be right. A report by Slate Magazine suggests that the claw machine...
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