stackyFACTSA bizarre rural tradition involved shoving your head through a rigid collar and making the absolute ugliest face physically possible. The one who looked the most horrifying was crowned local champion.
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Trusting the mail was a fatal mistake in the Holy Roman Empire. The noble Thurn und Taxis family ran a monopoly on the postal system, but secretly moonlighted…
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Abraham Lincoln is the only United States president to ever secure a patent, having designed a device to lift boats over shoals and obstructions in shallow…
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