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We took a beautiful, poetic Latin-derived word for 'memory' and reduced it to a plastic keychain that breaks in three days. The term originally referred to…
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The nineteenth-century elite expressed their global dominance through weird cutlery. Collecting intricate, wildly unusable miniature spoons from foreign trips…
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Defacing money is usually a federal crime unless a crank-operated machine is doing it. Exploiting a loophole intended for fraudulent alteration, turning…
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Postal regulations used to be entirely unreasonable. Senders were legally forced to cram their personal messages onto the front alongside the photo, because…
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The most popular knickknack in the world is technically designed for rapid liquor consumption. In reality, they are meticulously dusted on display shelves or…
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Despite endless options of artisanal crafts, humanity overwhelmingly prefers tiny pieces of plastic. They are cheap, impossible to break in transit, and serve…
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