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Free shipping can make the more expensive purchase feel cheaper.
Free shipping can make the more expensive purchase feel cheaper. Compare a $25 item with $5 shipping to a $32 item with shipping included: the second still…
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Waylon Smithers was actually animated as a Black man in his very first appearance on The Simpsons, due to a colorist making a mistake during the rushed production of the early…
Waylon Smithers was actually animated as a Black man in his very first appearance on The Simpsons, due to a colorist making a mistake during the rushed…
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Smash Bros.
Smash Bros. animations began with Sakurai posing little action figures. For Brawl, Masahiro Sakurai photographed articulated figures to show the team the…
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Pulp Fiction keeps making Vincent's bathroom breaks badly timed.
Pulp Fiction keeps making Vincent's bathroom breaks badly timed. While Vincent is away, Mia overdoses; a diner robbery also unfolds during another absence.…
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Hitting your funny bone actually has nothing to do with bones at all, but is rather the painful compression of the ulnar nerve against the humerus where it passes near the surface of the elbow.
Hitting your funny bone actually has nothing to do with bones at all, but is rather the painful compression of the ulnar nerve against the humerus where it…
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John Murray Spear was a nineteenth-century spiritualist who claimed that the ghosts of famous inventors like Benjamin Franklin were telepathically instructing him to build a mechanical messiah.
John Murray Spear was a nineteenth-century spiritualist who claimed that the ghosts of famous inventors like Benjamin Franklin were telepathically instructing…
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New Zealand's farm-emissions plan ran into a political reversal.
New Zealand's farm-emissions plan ran into a political reversal. The country debated pricing agricultural greenhouse gases, including methane produced by…
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Game of Thrones editors accidentally left a modern disposable coffee cup on a table during a crucial banquet scene in the final season, sparking massive internet outrage, because…
Game of Thrones editors accidentally left a modern disposable coffee cup on a table during a crucial banquet scene in the final season, sparking massive…
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Abramelin the Mage left behind a rigorous mystical grimoire detailing a brutal, eighteen-month magical operation designed to allow the practitioner to converse directly with their holy guardian angel.
Abramelin the Mage left behind a rigorous mystical grimoire detailing a brutal, eighteen-month magical operation designed to allow the practitioner to…
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Consuming excessive amounts of carrots can legitimately turn your skin bright orange, a medical condition officially known as carotenemia that primarily affects the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet.
Consuming excessive amounts of carrots can legitimately turn your skin bright orange, a medical condition officially known as carotenemia that primarily…
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Los Angeles began with a name far longer than LA.
Los Angeles began with a name far longer than LA. The city traces its founding to a small farming settlement established in 1781 by people of Indigenous,…
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Alcohol can stop a memory from being stored while a person is still awake.
Alcohol can stop a memory from being stored while a person is still awake. During an alcohol-induced blackout, someone may talk and move while the brain fails…
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Avalon makes full-size cars wait their turn.
Avalon makes full-size cars wait their turn. The town on Catalina Island limits vehicle permits and maintains waiting lists for full-size vehicles. Small…
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A 1960s dolphin-research project mixed serious language experiments with a notorious detour into LSD.
A 1960s dolphin-research project mixed serious language experiments with a notorious detour into LSD. Margaret Howe Lovatt worked closely with a dolphin named…
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Rudolf Steiner founded the esoteric spiritual movement known as Anthroposophy, which claimed that humans could achieve objective clairvoyance and directly communicate with the spiritual beings governing the universe.
Rudolf Steiner founded the esoteric spiritual movement known as Anthroposophy, which claimed that humans could achieve objective clairvoyance and directly…
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Whip-poor-will chicks often hatch as the Moon is getting brighter.
Whip-poor-will chicks often hatch as the Moon is getting brighter. Research found hatching tended to align with young waxing moons, giving parents increasing…
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Grapefruit can make the same pill deliver a larger dose to your bloodstream.
Grapefruit can make the same pill deliver a larger dose to your bloodstream. Its compounds can block an intestinal enzyme that normally breaks down part of…
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The Spruce Goose was mostly birch—and flew only once.
The Spruce Goose was mostly birch—and flew only once. Its laminated wooden structure conserved scarce wartime aluminum, while its enormous hull was meant to…
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Japanese balloon bombs crossed the Pacific without a pilot.
Japanese balloon bombs crossed the Pacific without a pilot. During World War II, Japan released balloons carrying explosives into high-altitude winds. Some…
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Sea otters rely on fur rather than a thick layer of blubber.
Sea otters rely on fur rather than a thick layer of blubber. Their dense coat traps air, so grooming is essential maintenance for staying warm. They rest in…
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Wombats make cubes inside a round digestive system.
Wombats make cubes inside a round digestive system. Researchers found that varying stiffness in a wombat's intestinal walls helps shape its droppings into…
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Fifteen seconds of Demogorgon action took about a month to plan.
Fifteen seconds of Demogorgon action took about a month to plan. The Duffer brothers described that timescale while explaining a Stranger Things season-four…
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A water-before-breakfast experiment cut intake by about 13%.
A water-before-breakfast experiment cut intake by about 13%. In a small study, 24 older adults with overweight or obesity ate breakfast on two occasions.…
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People parachuted from balloons before airplanes existed.
People parachuted from balloons before airplanes existed. André-Jacques Garnerin descended from a balloon over Paris in 1797, more than a century before the…
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