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Edgar Allan Poe was briefly enlisted in the US Army under a fake name, but even more bizarrely, he was expelled from West Point after showing up to a public parade wearing nothing but his white belt and gloves.
Edgar Allan Poe was briefly enlisted in the US Army under a fake name, but even more bizarrely, he was expelled from West Point after showing up to a public…
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Airport currency exchange kiosks are basically legalized extortion disguised as a helpful travel convenience, offering exchange rates so catastrophically bad they would be…
Airport currency exchange kiosks are basically legalized extortion disguised as a helpful travel convenience, offering exchange rates so catastrophically bad…
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Female wombats have pouches that face backwards toward their hind legs, a unique evolutionary trait among marsupials that prevents dirt and debris from smothering their babies…
Female wombats have pouches that face backwards toward their hind legs, a unique evolutionary trait among marsupials that prevents dirt and debris from…
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Neurological wiring in some individuals gets wildly crossed in a condition called synesthesia, causing them to physically taste words, see music as vibrant colors, or associate…
Neurological wiring in some individuals gets wildly crossed in a condition called synesthesia, causing them to physically taste words, see music as vibrant…
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Flight attendants possess the absolute authority to legally restrain you with heavy-duty zip ties if you throw a massive temper tantrum over wearing a seatbelt or being denied your fifth tiny bottle of gin.
Flight attendants possess the absolute authority to legally restrain you with heavy-duty zip ties if you throw a massive temper tantrum over wearing a…
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Harrison Ford shot the legendary scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana Jones casually shoots a flashy sword-wielding assassin because the actor was suffering from a…
Harrison Ford shot the legendary scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana Jones casually shoots a flashy sword-wielding assassin because the actor was…
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State-sponsored lotteries are effectively a massive regressive tax placed almost exclusively on people who are terrible at understanding basic statistics and desperate to escape grinding poverty.
State-sponsored lotteries are effectively a massive regressive tax placed almost exclusively on people who are terrible at understanding basic statistics and…
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Bananas naturally grow upside down, starting off by pointing toward the ground before undergoing a process called negative geotropism, which causes the fruit to aggressively…
Bananas naturally grow upside down, starting off by pointing toward the ground before undergoing a process called negative geotropism, which causes the fruit…
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Borborygmi is the fantastically absurd medical term for the loud, embarrassing rumbling noises your stomach makes when you are hungry in a suspiciously quiet room; it is caused…
Borborygmi is the fantastically absurd medical term for the loud, embarrassing rumbling noises your stomach makes when you are hungry in a suspiciously quiet…
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Removing your pinky finger might seem like a minor cosmetic loss, but it would actually instantly destroy up to fifty percent of your total hand strength and grip capacity; the…
Removing your pinky finger might seem like a minor cosmetic loss, but it would actually instantly destroy up to fifty percent of your total hand strength and…
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Airlines heavily promote the crash brace position as a way to save your life during an emergency, but conspiracy theorists love to claim it is actually designed to kill you…
Airlines heavily promote the crash brace position as a way to save your life during an emergency, but conspiracy theorists love to claim it is actually…
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Keanu Reeves was so desperate to get his canine co-star to jump on his face during the morning routine sequence in the original John Wick that the crew literally had to smear…
Keanu Reeves was so desperate to get his canine co-star to jump on his face during the morning routine sequence in the original John Wick that the crew…
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Nokia's legendary default ringtone, which dominated the soundscape of the early 2000s and haunted theaters and restaurants globally, is actually a tiny snippet of a classical…
Nokia's legendary default ringtone, which dominated the soundscape of the early 2000s and haunted theaters and restaurants globally, is actually a tiny…
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Walt Disney was notoriously terrified of actual mice despite building a global multimedia empire on the back of an unnervingly cheerful cartoon rodent wearing bright red shorts…
Walt Disney was notoriously terrified of actual mice despite building a global multimedia empire on the back of an unnervingly cheerful cartoon rodent wearing…
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Dromedary camels are exceptionally designed biological transport vehicles capable of drinking up to forty gallons of water in a single sitting and carrying heavy cargo across unforgiving deserts.
Dromedary camels are exceptionally designed biological transport vehicles capable of drinking up to forty gallons of water in a single sitting and carrying…
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Olfactory fatigue, commonly known as nose blindness, is your brain's way of filtering out constant smells so you do not go completely insane from sensory overload; after a few…
Olfactory fatigue, commonly known as nose blindness, is your brain's way of filtering out constant smells so you do not go completely insane from sensory…
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Jack Dorsey published the very first message on the platform that would become Twitter in 2006, simply typing the phrase just setting up my twttr into the digital void.
Jack Dorsey published the very first message on the platform that would become Twitter in 2006, simply typing the phrase just setting up my twttr into the…
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Aghori ascetics of India follow a deeply hardcore mystical path where they literally smear themselves in the ashes of the dead and use human skulls as drinking bowls to prove their spiritual superiority.
Aghori ascetics of India follow a deeply hardcore mystical path where they literally smear themselves in the ashes of the dead and use human skulls as…
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Consumer electronics manufacturers in the 1980s made the programming interface for video cassette recorders so unnecessarily complicated that a blinking twelve o'clock became a global symbol of technological defeat.
Consumer electronics manufacturers in the 1980s made the programming interface for video cassette recorders so unnecessarily complicated that a blinking…
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Charles Vance Millar was a wealthy Canadian lawyer and legendary prankster who died in 1928, leaving behind a wildly chaotic will that offered a massive fortune to whichever…
Charles Vance Millar was a wealthy Canadian lawyer and legendary prankster who died in 1928, leaving behind a wildly chaotic will that offered a massive…
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Flight paths displayed on the seatback screens look like massive curves because mapping a three-dimensional globe onto a two-dimensional flat screen heavily distorts the actual travel line.
Flight paths displayed on the seatback screens look like massive curves because mapping a three-dimensional globe onto a two-dimensional flat screen heavily…
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Tulpas originated in Tibetan Buddhist mysticism as incredibly advanced meditative constructs where a practitioner focuses so intensely on an imagined entity that it actually gains physical form and independent sentience.
Tulpas originated in Tibetan Buddhist mysticism as incredibly advanced meditative constructs where a practitioner focuses so intensely on an imagined entity…
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Unicycles are statistically one of the least practical modes of transportation in existence, yet a niche community of aggressive urban hipsters insists on using them to commute through modern city traffic.
Unicycles are statistically one of the least practical modes of transportation in existence, yet a niche community of aggressive urban hipsters insists on…
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi holds the incredibly dark historical distinction of officially surviving both atomic bombings in Japan during World War II, basically making him the unluckiest lucky man alive.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi holds the incredibly dark historical distinction of officially surviving both atomic bombings in Japan during World War II, basically making…
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