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Harrods department store in London installed England's first moving staircase in 1898, designed by Jesse W.
Harrods department store in London installed England's first moving staircase in 1898, designed by Jesse W. Reno as an inclined conveyor belt made of woven…
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Early commercial airlines in the 1930s strictly required all their flight attendants to be registered nurses, unmarried, and weigh less than 115 pounds, operating under the…
Early commercial airlines in the 1930s strictly required all their flight attendants to be registered nurses, unmarried, and weigh less than 115 pounds,…
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High-frequency trading firms spend hundreds of millions of dollars to physically place their computer servers as close to the stock exchange data centers as possible just to gain…
High-frequency trading firms spend hundreds of millions of dollars to physically place their computer servers as close to the stock exchange data centers as…
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Mehran Karimi Nasseri lived in Terminal 1 of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport from 1988 until 2006 because of a bureaucratic nightmare regarding his refugee papers, and while you…
Mehran Karimi Nasseri lived in Terminal 1 of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport from 1988 until 2006 because of a bureaucratic nightmare regarding his refugee…
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Electric vehicles constituted roughly one third of all cars on American roads in the year 1900, vastly outnumbering their loud, smelly, and aggressively dangerous gasoline-powered counterparts.
Electric vehicles constituted roughly one third of all cars on American roads in the year 1900, vastly outnumbering their loud, smelly, and aggressively…
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Genetic testing conducted on the New York City subway system revealed that nearly half of the DNA found on the handrails and seats matched absolutely no known organism in any scientific database.
Genetic testing conducted on the New York City subway system revealed that nearly half of the DNA found on the handrails and seats matched absolutely no known…
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Twentieth Century Fox was so absolutely terrified by the spiraling, out-of-control budget for James Cameron's Titanic that they aggressively begged Paramount Pictures to split…
Twentieth Century Fox was so absolutely terrified by the spiraling, out-of-control budget for James Cameron's Titanic that they aggressively begged Paramount…
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Queen Elizabeth II traveled to over 100 countries during her reign without ever holding a passport, simply because all British passports were officially issued in her name so she…
Queen Elizabeth II traveled to over 100 countries during her reign without ever holding a passport, simply because all British passports were officially…
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Alfred Hitchcock used Bosco chocolate syrup to simulate blood in the infamous shower scene of his 1960 thriller Psycho because it showed up better than fake blood on black-and-white film.
Alfred Hitchcock used Bosco chocolate syrup to simulate blood in the infamous shower scene of his 1960 thriller Psycho because it showed up better than fake…
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French showman Tarrare possessed a medically inexplicable appetite in the eighteenth century, routinely eating vast quantities of food, live animals, and garbage without ever…
French showman Tarrare possessed a medically inexplicable appetite in the eighteenth century, routinely eating vast quantities of food, live animals, and…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid fifteen million dollars for his role in Terminator 2, and since he only spoke exactly seven hundred words, he earned over twenty-one thousand dollars per word.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid fifteen million dollars for his role in Terminator 2, and since he only spoke exactly seven hundred words, he earned over…
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Soviet officials famously traded seventeen submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer to PepsiCo in 1989 just to secure a massive shipment of sugary soda.
Soviet officials famously traded seventeen submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer to PepsiCo in 1989 just to secure a massive shipment of sugary…
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Grieving relatives frequently smuggle the cremated ashes of their loved ones into Disneyland and scatter them across popular rides, creating a massive biohazard issue for the happiest place on earth.
Grieving relatives frequently smuggle the cremated ashes of their loved ones into Disneyland and scatter them across popular rides, creating a massive…
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Filmmakers behind the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory created the famous chocolate river by mixing water with actual chocolate and cream.
Filmmakers behind the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory created the famous chocolate river by mixing water with actual chocolate and cream.…
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Scavengers violently extracted tens of thousands of teeth from dead soldiers on the battlefield of Waterloo in 1815 to supply the booming British market for high-end luxury dentures.
Scavengers violently extracted tens of thousands of teeth from dead soldiers on the battlefield of Waterloo in 1815 to supply the booming British market for…
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Trading futures contracts on raw onions is explicitly illegal in the United States because two incredibly greedy traders cornered the entire market in the mid-1950s and ruined…
Trading futures contracts on raw onions is explicitly illegal in the United States because two incredibly greedy traders cornered the entire market in the…
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British naval commanders during World War II painted their warships and submarines a shade called Mountbatten Pink to camouflage them during dawn and dusk.
British naval commanders during World War II painted their warships and submarines a shade called Mountbatten Pink to camouflage them during dawn and dusk.…
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Deep in the incredibly boring annals of international trade law lies the 1964 Chicken Tax, a 25 percent tariff that completely ruined the American light truck market.
Deep in the incredibly boring annals of international trade law lies the 1964 Chicken Tax, a 25 percent tariff that completely ruined the American light truck…
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Dedicated exclusively to transporting corpses and their grieving relatives, the London Necropolis Railway was established in 1854 to solve a massive public health crisis.
Dedicated exclusively to transporting corpses and their grieving relatives, the London Necropolis Railway was established in 1854 to solve a massive public…
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Matt Groening decided to make the characters in The Simpsons bright yellow specifically to manipulate people who were rapidly flipping through television channels.
Matt Groening decided to make the characters in The Simpsons bright yellow specifically to manipulate people who were rapidly flipping through television…
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Disney aggressively trademarked the iconic auditory sequence of the Tarzan yell, making it one of the few entirely sound-based trademarks recognized by the federal government.
Disney aggressively trademarked the iconic auditory sequence of the Tarzan yell, making it one of the few entirely sound-based trademarks recognized by the…
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Smuggling a highly unauthorized corned beef sandwich onto the Gemini 3 spacecraft in 1965 remains one of the most hilariously dangerous things ever done in the history of space transport.
Smuggling a highly unauthorized corned beef sandwich onto the Gemini 3 spacecraft in 1965 remains one of the most hilariously dangerous things ever done in…
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Direct flights and non-stop flights are completely different things, a semantic trick airlines use to manipulate you into buying tickets with hidden inconveniences.
Direct flights and non-stop flights are completely different things, a semantic trick airlines use to manipulate you into buying tickets with hidden…
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Empty leg flights are heavily discounted private jet trips that happen when a plane needs to reposition to pick up a wealthy client, allowing regular people to fly like billionaires for a fraction of the cost.
Empty leg flights are heavily discounted private jet trips that happen when a plane needs to reposition to pick up a wealthy client, allowing regular people…
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