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Microsoft’s first mouse was a chunky two-button brick
Before they built Xboxes and Surface tablets, Bill Gates' empire tested the hardware waters with a piece of ugly plastic. Nicknamed the 'Green-Eyed Mouse'…
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Royal flushes are simply ace-high straight flushes
We treat the royal flush like some mystical, untouchable unicorn of gambling. In reality, it is just a very specific, highly publicized straight flush that…
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Traumatic news creates intensely vivid snapshots
We all have that one extremely specific, highly detailed memory of where we were during a major disaster. Flashbulb memories are highly detailed,…
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Refusing to sweep the floor for a whole week
Certain traditional beliefs dictate that sweeping dirt out of the living room during a specific calendar shift will sweep away all incoming prosperity, giving…
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Corrupt financial brokers hype up absolutely worthless shell companies just to dump their shares on naive retail buyers
If someone slides into your inbox pitching a revolutionary penny stock, you are currently acting as their exit liquidity. In classic 'pump and dump' schemes,…
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Why a haunted doll replica feels different
Essentialism is our natural tendency to believe things possess a hidden, invisible underlying reality. It is why a replica of a haunted doll feels like cheap…
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Resident Evil was almost a first-person game
The classic fixed camera angles that made everything terrifying were originally just a backup plan. They initially wanted you looking directly through the…
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Animal Crossing almost became a monster-fighting RPG
We almost got Pokémon with furniture. The original concept for Animal Crossing on the Nintendo 64 was a complex dungeon-crawling RPG where the player would…
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Sesquiquadrates are your personalized frustration zones
This 135-degree angle is mathematically designed to persistently annoy you. It acts exactly like a tiny pebble in your shoe, not quite devastating enough to…
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Refusing to buy groceries during a void
Some folks will literally let their fridge go completely empty just because a calendar claims the current celestial block is empty. Because heaven forbid you…
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Buenos Aires has Latin America’s oldest operating subway
While most people associate historical subways with London or New York, the Subte in Buenos Aires has been shuttling grumpy commuters since 1913. Some of the…
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Flea babies grow up on dried blood
If you thought having an active flea infestation was bad, just know their babies are raised on a strict diet of parental poop. Adult fleas gorge on host…
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Achieving the final glowing dawn of perfection
Tossing a tiny pinch of a legendary powder into a vat of molten metal was supposed to yield immense wealth. This final, dramatic step of the great work was…
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Milk doesn’t actually make your cold worse
Your grandmother's anti-dairy crusade during flu season is scientifically void. Milk interacts with saliva to temporarily coat the throat, creating a slightly…
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When funhouses were designed to embarrass you
If you stepped into an early twentieth-century fairground, you were paying to be bullied. The primary attractions of early funhouses involved hidden operators…
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In the UAE, swearing in public can get you deported
Dropping an F-bomb because you stubbed your toe in Dubai could result in a surprisingly fast one-way flight home. The UAE possesses incredibly strict public…
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Hogwarts has staircases that swing over chasms
A boarding school full of magical creatures is dangerous enough without the building itself plotting against you. Forcing students to navigate stone steps…
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Xenomorph internal fluids serve as an acidic defense system
Shooting a massive alien predator successfully is usually a cause for celebration. Unfortunately, this specific creature bleeds highly corrosive acid,…
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Shamanic shaking releases trauma by vibrating wildly
Seizing frantically for personal salvation. Shaking therapies strongly encourage you to aggressively vibrate and flail around on the floor to literally shake…
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Why New Orleans' French Quarter looks Spanish
In a perfect example of wildly inaccurate historical branding, the iconic wrought iron balconies and colorful facades defining this neighborhood have zero…
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The reckless sport of doing backflips on pogo sticks
Taking a children's bouncing pole and launching yourself upside down over concrete requires a special level of reckless confidence. Enthusiasts modified the…
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Angel number 999 indicates absolute completion
When the nines show up, an era of your life is permanently ending. It is time to let go of old baggage and prepare for a fresh start. Usually, this means you…
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Malingering is faking terminal illness for a hospital bed
Oscar-worthy performances are wasted on Hollywood when they could secure you a week of free room and board. This highly clinical classification involves…
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Fibonacci sequence appears in simple recursive formulas
Long before it became a trendy tattoo for art students, this sequence was just a basic arithmetic progression where each number is the sum of the two…
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