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Sony's Betamax video cassette format was widely considered by tech experts to be vastly superior to JVC's VHS format in terms of actual picture quality, resolution, and audio…
Sony's Betamax video cassette format was widely considered by tech experts to be vastly superior to JVC's VHS format in terms of actual picture quality,…
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Psychiatrists officially recognized a genuine psychological condition dubbed the Truman Show Delusion in the late 2000s, where patients truly believe their entire lives are being…
Psychiatrists officially recognized a genuine psychological condition dubbed the Truman Show Delusion in the late 2000s, where patients truly believe their…
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Konami released an anonymous, terrifying demo called P.T.
Konami released an anonymous, terrifying demo called P.T. on the PlayStation 4 in 2014, which players eventually discovered was a brilliant interactive teaser…
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Photons created in the immensely dense, fusion-powered core of the sun can take upwards of one hundred thousand years to aggressively bounce their way up to the star's surface.
Photons created in the immensely dense, fusion-powered core of the sun can take upwards of one hundred thousand years to aggressively bounce their way up to…
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Hundreds of small towns in New England maintain an incredibly morbid tradition where a golden-headed cane is formally presented to the oldest living resident, meaning possessing the artifact is a literal death sentence.
Hundreds of small towns in New England maintain an incredibly morbid tradition where a golden-headed cane is formally presented to the oldest living resident,…
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Scoring a free spontaneous upgrade to first class by dressing nicely or smiling at the check-in desk is an ancient urban legend that effectively died with the invention of automated airline software.
Scoring a free spontaneous upgrade to first class by dressing nicely or smiling at the check-in desk is an ancient urban legend that effectively died with the…
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Friedhelm Hillebrand, a brilliant German telecommunications researcher, established the strict 160-character limit for standard SMS text messages in 1985 by sitting at his…
Friedhelm Hillebrand, a brilliant German telecommunications researcher, established the strict 160-character limit for standard SMS text messages in 1985 by…
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Almost every single clock visible in the background of Quentin Tarantino's legendary 1994 film Pulp Fiction is famously set to exactly 4:20, a deliberate visual easter egg…
Almost every single clock visible in the background of Quentin Tarantino's legendary 1994 film Pulp Fiction is famously set to exactly 4:20, a deliberate…
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Goodyear once owned a massive global fleet of blimps, but today there are only about 25 active blimps left in the entire world, making them statistically rarer than billionaires.
Goodyear once owned a massive global fleet of blimps, but today there are only about 25 active blimps left in the entire world, making them statistically…
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Olympic athletes who bite their gold medals on the podium are participating in a completely pointless tradition based on an obsolete economic counterfeit test from centuries ago.
Olympic athletes who bite their gold medals on the podium are participating in a completely pointless tradition based on an obsolete economic counterfeit test…
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Settlers of Catan was designed by Klaus Teuber, a German dental technician who was so stressed by his miserable job and mounting financial debts that he created board games in his basement as a coping mechanism.
Settlers of Catan was designed by Klaus Teuber, a German dental technician who was so stressed by his miserable job and mounting financial debts that he…
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Framing effect is a cognitive bias where people decide on options based strictly on whether the options are presented with positive or negative connotations, such as a loss or a…
Framing effect is a cognitive bias where people decide on options based strictly on whether the options are presented with positive or negative connotations,…
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Cards Against Humanity was entirely funded through a Kickstarter campaign by eight high school alumni who just wanted to formalize a horribly offensive version of Apples to Apples they played over winter break.
Cards Against Humanity was entirely funded through a Kickstarter campaign by eight high school alumni who just wanted to formalize a horribly offensive…
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Federal law establishes strict no-fly zones directly over Walt Disney World and Disneyland, prohibiting any aircraft from flying below 3,000 feet within a three-mile radius of the parks.
Federal law establishes strict no-fly zones directly over Walt Disney World and Disneyland, prohibiting any aircraft from flying below 3,000 feet within a…
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Contracts signed by the creators of The Simpsons in 1989 contain a very specific clause that legally prevents Fox network executives from giving any notes, cutting scenes, or…
Contracts signed by the creators of The Simpsons in 1989 contain a very specific clause that legally prevents Fox network executives from giving any notes,…
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Ostrich effect is the cognitive bias that causes people to completely avoid information they perceive as negative by physically or metaphorically ignoring it, much like the…
Ostrich effect is the cognitive bias that causes people to completely avoid information they perceive as negative by physically or metaphorically ignoring it,…
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Chaos magic is a highly postmodern occult practice developed in the 1970s that strips away all the traditional religious dogma of mysticism and treats belief as an active tool rather than an absolute truth.
Chaos magic is a highly postmodern occult practice developed in the 1970s that strips away all the traditional religious dogma of mysticism and treats belief…
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Horn effect is a cognitive bias that causes one's perception of another person to be unduly influenced by a single negative trait, leading to an unfairly harsh assessment of…
Horn effect is a cognitive bias that causes one's perception of another person to be unduly influenced by a single negative trait, leading to an unfairly…
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Non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, accounts for the energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating, or sports-like exercise.
Non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, accounts for the energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating, or sports-like exercise.…
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Karl Benz's wife, Bertha, took the world's first long-distance road trip in 1888 without telling her husband, effectively inventing the concept of joyriding.
Karl Benz's wife, Bertha, took the world's first long-distance road trip in 1888 without telling her husband, effectively inventing the concept of joyriding.…
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Signing a receipt when you use a credit card provides absolutely zero security benefits and is mathematically proven to do nothing to stop actual credit card fraud.
Signing a receipt when you use a credit card provides absolutely zero security benefits and is mathematically proven to do nothing to stop actual credit card…
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Richard Shaver convinced thousands of magazine readers in the 1940s that a sadistic, mystical race of ancient beings called the Deros lived in caverns beneath the Earth.
Richard Shaver convinced thousands of magazine readers in the 1940s that a sadistic, mystical race of ancient beings called the Deros lived in caverns beneath…
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Astronauts conducting extended spacewalks frequently experience a horrific medical phenomenon where their fingernails turn black and completely fall off their hands entirely due…
Astronauts conducting extended spacewalks frequently experience a horrific medical phenomenon where their fingernails turn black and completely fall off their…
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Railway engineers working on the incredibly fast bullet train networks scattered across modern China had to invent a highly specialized, optical-grade coating for all the…
Railway engineers working on the incredibly fast bullet train networks scattered across modern China had to invent a highly specialized, optical-grade coating…
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