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Nintendo somehow tricked over thirty million people into buying a highly expensive plastic bathroom scale by branding it as a Wii Fit balance board and convincing them that…
Nintendo somehow tricked over thirty million people into buying a highly expensive plastic bathroom scale by branding it as a Wii Fit balance board and…
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Oxytocin is widely celebrated as the biological love hormone because it promotes bonding and empathy, but scientific studies reveal it simultaneously increases feelings of xenophobia and out-group aggression.
Oxytocin is widely celebrated as the biological love hormone because it promotes bonding and empathy, but scientific studies reveal it simultaneously…
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Victorian women were so utterly desperate to achieve the perfect fragile romantic look that they literally dripped toxic nightshade extract directly into their unprotected…
Victorian women were so utterly desperate to achieve the perfect fragile romantic look that they literally dripped toxic nightshade extract directly into…
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Hostels are explicitly designed to maximize the density of human bodies per square foot, packing up to sixteen budget-conscious backpackers into a single poorly ventilated room featuring squeaky metal bunk beds.
Hostels are explicitly designed to maximize the density of human bodies per square foot, packing up to sixteen budget-conscious backpackers into a single…
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Iomega Zip drives in the late nineties became infamous for a catastrophic hardware failure known as the "click of death," where the drive would repeatedly emit a terrifying…
Iomega Zip drives in the late nineties became infamous for a catastrophic hardware failure known as the "click of death," where the drive would repeatedly…
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Sled dogs managed to deliver life-saving diphtheria antitoxin to the isolated town of Nome, Alaska, in the dead of winter in nineteen twenty-five because trains couldn't make it…
Sled dogs managed to deliver life-saving diphtheria antitoxin to the isolated town of Nome, Alaska, in the dead of winter in nineteen twenty-five because…
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Slapping a white lab coat on a complete stranger and giving them a clipboard is all it takes to convince most people to inflict lethal electrical shocks on their peers.
Slapping a white lab coat on a complete stranger and giving them a clipboard is all it takes to convince most people to inflict lethal electrical shocks on…
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Acetaldehyde is the toxic compound your liver turns alcohol into before it can be fully processed, and it is between ten to thirty times more toxic than alcohol itself.
Acetaldehyde is the toxic compound your liver turns alcohol into before it can be fully processed, and it is between ten to thirty times more toxic than…
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Space exploration company SpaceX relies almost entirely on standard, off-the-shelf Linux operating systems to run the flight controls for their wildly expensive Falcon 9 rockets.
Space exploration company SpaceX relies almost entirely on standard, off-the-shelf Linux operating systems to run the flight controls for their wildly…
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Harry Potter film producers originally tried to use real floating candles suspended by hundreds of wires for the Great Hall scenes in the first movie, but the heat from the…
Harry Potter film producers originally tried to use real floating candles suspended by hundreds of wires for the Great Hall scenes in the first movie, but the…
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Bovine psychological studies have definitively proven that dairy cows form strong, long-lasting social bonds with specific individuals in their herd, essentially choosing a literal best friend.
Bovine psychological studies have definitively proven that dairy cows form strong, long-lasting social bonds with specific individuals in their herd,…
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Hugh Jackman is six feet two inches tall, which made him nearly a full foot taller than the comic book version of Wolverine, a character famous for being a short, angry Canadian standing at five feet three inches.
Hugh Jackman is six feet two inches tall, which made him nearly a full foot taller than the comic book version of Wolverine, a character famous for being a…
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Sean Bean has died on screen so many times in his acting career that a dedicated online campaign called Don't Kill Sean Bean was launched in 2014 to demand he survive at least one movie.
Sean Bean has died on screen so many times in his acting career that a dedicated online campaign called Don't Kill Sean Bean was launched in 2014 to demand he…
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Sydney Opera House's distinct, sail-like roof is covered in over one million interlocking ceramic tiles that were specially designed to be self-cleaning whenever it rains,…
Sydney Opera House's distinct, sail-like roof is covered in over one million interlocking ceramic tiles that were specially designed to be self-cleaning…
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South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone wore completely unhinged dresses to the 2000 Academy Awards while actively hallucinating on LSD, treating the most prestigious event in Hollywood like a chaotic fever dream.
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone wore completely unhinged dresses to the 2000 Academy Awards while actively hallucinating on LSD, treating the…
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Polaroid was forced into inventing instant photography entirely because the founder's three-year-old daughter threw a tantrum about having to wait for her vacation pictures to be developed.
Polaroid was forced into inventing instant photography entirely because the founder's three-year-old daughter threw a tantrum about having to wait for her…
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Google legitimately uses a rented herd of around two hundred goats to mow the massive lawns at their global corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Google legitimately uses a rented herd of around two hundred goats to mow the massive lawns at their global corporate headquarters in Mountain View,…
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Canada officially possesses the longest continuous highway in the entire world, stretching nearly five thousand miles from the jagged cliffs of Newfoundland all the way to the lush shores of British Columbia.
Canada officially possesses the longest continuous highway in the entire world, stretching nearly five thousand miles from the jagged cliffs of Newfoundland…
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Military officials in the United States imported over seventy camels from the Mediterranean and Middle East right before the Civil War to serve as elite pack animals for the army in the harsh southwestern deserts.
Military officials in the United States imported over seventy camels from the Mediterranean and Middle East right before the Civil War to serve as elite pack…
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Doom was heavily marketed in 1995 using a bizarre promotional video where a young, incredibly awkward Bill Gates superimposed himself inside the bloody corridors of the game wielding a virtual shotgun.
Doom was heavily marketed in 1995 using a bizarre promotional video where a young, incredibly awkward Bill Gates superimposed himself inside the bloody…
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First publicly traded company in recorded history was the Dutch East India Company, which officially established the Amsterdam stock exchange in sixteen oh two to crowdfund their incredibly risky global spice voyages.
First publicly traded company in recorded history was the Dutch East India Company, which officially established the Amsterdam stock exchange in sixteen oh…
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Hostages sometimes develop psychological bonds with their captors as a survival strategy, which popular culture has romanticized as Stockholm syndrome despite it being a deeply…
Hostages sometimes develop psychological bonds with their captors as a survival strategy, which popular culture has romanticized as Stockholm syndrome despite…
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Norway manages the largest sovereign wealth fund on the planet, possessing well over one trillion dollars in international assets simply because they decided to aggressively…
Norway manages the largest sovereign wealth fund on the planet, possessing well over one trillion dollars in international assets simply because they decided…
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Space Jam's promotional website from 1996 has been left completely untouched and operational on the servers of Warner Bros for nearly three decades, surviving multiple corporate mergers and technological eras.
Space Jam's promotional website from 1996 has been left completely untouched and operational on the servers of Warner Bros for nearly three decades, surviving…
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