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Squirrel skins were widely utilized as an official form of currency in medieval Russia and Finland, with the highly prized winter pelts serving as a reliable medium of exchange for everyday goods and services.
Squirrel skins were widely utilized as an official form of currency in medieval Russia and Finland, with the highly prized winter pelts serving as a reliable…
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Muscle fatigue is largely a psychological illusion created by your nervous system to prevent you from physically destroying your own tendons and fibers.
Muscle fatigue is largely a psychological illusion created by your nervous system to prevent you from physically destroying your own tendons and fibers. When…
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Sony accidentally sold thousands of camcorders in the late 1990s that featured a night vision mode capable of seeing straight through people's clothing during daylight hours.
Sony accidentally sold thousands of camcorders in the late 1990s that featured a night vision mode capable of seeing straight through people's clothing during…
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Caffeine works by impersonating a neurotransmitter called adenosine, sneaking into your brain's receptors and blocking the actual chemical that tells your body it is time to feel tired.
Caffeine works by impersonating a neurotransmitter called adenosine, sneaking into your brain's receptors and blocking the actual chemical that tells your…
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Flight attendants on the vast majority of major commercial airlines are not actually paid their hourly wage until the aircraft doors are officially closed and the parking brake is released.
Flight attendants on the vast majority of major commercial airlines are not actually paid their hourly wage until the aircraft doors are officially closed and…
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Grand Theft Auto franchise has generated billions of dollars in revenue by basically providing a detailed sociological satire of American consumerism wrapped inside a murder simulator.
Grand Theft Auto franchise has generated billions of dollars in revenue by basically providing a detailed sociological satire of American consumerism wrapped…
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Agbogbloshie in Ghana became one of the largest electronic waste dumps on the entire planet, taking in millions of tons of discarded appliances, smartphones, and computers from wealthier nations.
Agbogbloshie in Ghana became one of the largest electronic waste dumps on the entire planet, taking in millions of tons of discarded appliances, smartphones,…
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William Blake spent his entire life writing profound mystical poetry and creating legendary engravings, completely fueled by the fact that he regularly saw angels sitting in the trees of London.
William Blake spent his entire life writing profound mystical poetry and creating legendary engravings, completely fueled by the fact that he regularly saw…
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Igor Sikorsky designed the first mass-produced helicopter but was deeply frustrated because he envisioned his marvelous flying machine as an instrument for rescuing people from…
Igor Sikorsky designed the first mass-produced helicopter but was deeply frustrated because he envisioned his marvelous flying machine as an instrument for…
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Autonomous vehicles are currently programmed to make highly complex moral decisions in a split second, such as calculating whether it is mathematically better to swerve and hit a…
Autonomous vehicles are currently programmed to make highly complex moral decisions in a split second, such as calculating whether it is mathematically better…
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Internet of Things technology has advanced to the point where modern smart televisions routinely use automatic content recognition to scan every single image displayed on your screen and report it back to advertisers.
Internet of Things technology has advanced to the point where modern smart televisions routinely use automatic content recognition to scan every single image…
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Frogs do not possess a hard palate separating their mouth from their eye sockets, so when they swallow a particularly large insect, they literally retract their eyeballs deep…
Frogs do not possess a hard palate separating their mouth from their eye sockets, so when they swallow a particularly large insect, they literally retract…
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Search engines like Google only index about five percent of the actual internet, leaving the remaining ninety-five percent floating in what is known as the Deep Web.
Search engines like Google only index about five percent of the actual internet, leaving the remaining ninety-five percent floating in what is known as the…
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Skeletal muscle tissue is significantly more metabolically active than adipose fat tissue, burning roughly three times as many calories just to simply exist while you are completely at rest.
Skeletal muscle tissue is significantly more metabolically active than adipose fat tissue, burning roughly three times as many calories just to simply exist…
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Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev spent a total of 803 days in space over his career, meaning he actually time-traveled by a fraction of a second into the future due to the…
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev spent a total of 803 days in space over his career, meaning he actually time-traveled by a fraction of a second into the…
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Gene Roddenberry’s original Star Trek series inadvertently birthed the modern internet concept of fan fiction in the late 1960s when bored housewives started self-publishing…
Gene Roddenberry’s original Star Trek series inadvertently birthed the modern internet concept of fan fiction in the late 1960s when bored housewives started…
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Canadian truck drivers routinely haul massive multi-ton loads across frozen lakes in the dead of winter, relying on ice roads that only exist for a few months out of the year…
Canadian truck drivers routinely haul massive multi-ton loads across frozen lakes in the dead of winter, relying on ice roads that only exist for a few months…
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New York City subway system operates twenty-four hours a day and features over six hundred miles of active track, making it one of the most complex public works in the world, as…
New York City subway system operates twenty-four hours a day and features over six hundred miles of active track, making it one of the most complex public…
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Comedian Jim Carrey shattered the Hollywood salary ceiling in 1996 when he demanded and successfully received a completely unprecedented twenty million dollars to star in the incredibly dark comedy The Cable Guy.
Comedian Jim Carrey shattered the Hollywood salary ceiling in 1996 when he demanded and successfully received a completely unprecedented twenty million…
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British intelligence agencies successfully executed Operation Mincemeat in 1943 by taking the corpse of a homeless Welsh man who died from ingesting rat poison, dressing him up…
British intelligence agencies successfully executed Operation Mincemeat in 1943 by taking the corpse of a homeless Welsh man who died from ingesting rat…
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Chess was aggressively banned by religious authorities across various different cultures over the centuries, with both radical Islamic leaders and orthodox Christian bishops…
Chess was aggressively banned by religious authorities across various different cultures over the centuries, with both radical Islamic leaders and orthodox…
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Sagittarius B2 is a massive molecular cloud located near the center of our Milky Way galaxy that contains enough ethyl alcohol to fill four hundred trillion trillion pints of beer.
Sagittarius B2 is a massive molecular cloud located near the center of our Milky Way galaxy that contains enough ethyl alcohol to fill four hundred trillion…
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Comte de Saint Germain was an eighteenth-century aristocrat who sparked massive mystical rumors by allegedly hinting that he was centuries old and possessed the elixir of life.
Comte de Saint Germain was an eighteenth-century aristocrat who sparked massive mystical rumors by allegedly hinting that he was centuries old and possessed…
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King's Guard soldiers outside Buckingham Palace are strictly ordered not to break their marching formation and will aggressively shout at or literally trample oblivious tourists who get in their path.
King's Guard soldiers outside Buckingham Palace are strictly ordered not to break their marching formation and will aggressively shout at or literally trample…
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