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Icy body pointing to sacred creative dances
An icy sphere out past Pluto dictating highly specific, deeply held creative manifestations and pure instinct, bringing bizarre inspiration from the absolute…
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Divine dark is blinding brightness mistaken for shadows
When the lights are so bright they literally blind you, you assume you are in a cave. This paradoxical concept argues that the absolute is so overwhelmingly…
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Tetrahedrons supposedly embody the raw spark of creation
Composed of exactly four perfectly uniform triangles, this incredibly sharp, pointed shape represents the absolute most basic three-dimensional volume…
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Demanded incredibly expensive early melons
Sufi master Abu Sa'id wasn't exactly slumming it in the desert. He demanded that his followers source him outrageously expensive, out-of-season melons just to…
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Why Hawaii ignores daylight saving time
Hook: The smartest state in America refuses to participate in our collective biannual delusion. The entire point of daylight saving time is to maximize…
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Conjunctions blend energies violently
Personal boundaries do not exist when two things are sitting in the exact same chair. Conjunctions blend energies violently, fusing two different celestial…
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Thor's hammer aggressively smashes your comfort zone
Also known as a sesquiquadrate triangle, this incredibly tense pattern guarantees ruthless criticism and sudden emotional outbursts. It forces you to…
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Anti-vertex points attract exactly what you do not want
Sitting exactly opposite the fated intersection, this point draws in people and events you actively try to avoid. It proves the universe has a terribly dark…
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Cyberpunk 2077 was announced before development began
CD Projekt Red dropped an incredible cinematic trailer in 2013 that hyped up millions of people. The hilarious part? They hadn't actually programmed a single…
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Seeking profound truth in crushed pearls
Margaritomancy involves casting or crushing pearls to receive divine answers. Because if you are going to desperately seek answers from the great beyond, you…
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Dionysian mysteries involved getting blindingly drunk and ripping wild animals apart with bare hands
Ancient Greek wine moms were absolutely terrifying. The cult of Dionysus believed that to truly connect with the divine, you had to lose your mind entirely.…
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Jet lag is your organs stuck in different time zones
Desynchronosis, the clinical term for jet lag, is just your internal organs stubbornly refusing to acknowledge the time zone you are standing in. Your brain…
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Myosin heads pull your muscle fibers
Muscle contraction is just millions of tiny molecular heads pulling on actin filaments in a highly synchronized tug-of-war. Your grandest athletic…
Discover moreThe celebrity on the bottle may not make the product
That famous actress did not spend years in a laboratory perfecting a lip gloss. Specialized incubators formulate the generic products, handle the packaging,…
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Dudjom Lingpa found mystical texts hidden inside his mind
Writing a book is hard enough without having to dig it out of your own deep subconscious. Dudjom Lingpa was famous for discovering 'terma,' which are…
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Why caller ID waits until the second ring
Patience is a virtue, especially for your caller display. The data packet containing the caller's phone number isn't sent immediately. It is strictly…
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Micro vacations are desperate weekend sprints
Because nobody has time for a proper break anymore, the 'micro-cation' forces you to cram a week's worth of relaxation into 48 hours. It guarantees you will…
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Why a few loose screws cost so much
Hardware stores buy metal fasteners in industrial bulk for fractions of a cent. When they thoughtfully package four identical screws in a tiny plastic bag for…
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Escalator steps are really a moving floor
The magical transforming stairs in the mall are actually just a rigid metal conveyor belt. Each step is an unbending, wedge-shaped aluminum block with two…
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The Pope once traveled in a train with a gilded throne
Heaven forbid the Pope sits on standard upholstery. His personal 19th-century train carriage was essentially a rolling cathedral, complete with heavy velvet…
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Why spaces appeared between words
You can thank bored scholars on a rainy island for your ability to skim a paragraph. Because they were trying to learn a language they didn't natively speak,…
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Why Skip-It toys were so hard on your shins
Swinging a heavy plastic ball on a string around your ankle meant you had to constantly hop over it. Miscalculating the jump resulted in the heavy…
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Celebrity talk show anecdotes feel deeply unnatural
That hilarious, spontaneous story about a chaotic trip to the grocery store was heavily outlined during a pre-interview phone call three weeks ago. Late-night…
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Why Australian roadhouses blast classical music at night
Weaponized Beethoven is apparently the ultimate cure for juvenile delinquency. To stop bored kids from aggressively loitering and vandalizing gas stations in…
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