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Modern Toilet Restaurant in Taipei pioneered the deeply unsettling dining trend of serving brown, heavily sauced curries and chocolate ice cream directly out of miniature ceramic toilet bowls.
Modern Toilet Restaurant in Taipei pioneered the deeply unsettling dining trend of serving brown, heavily sauced curries and chocolate ice cream directly out…
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Chicago traded contracts on frozen pork bellies for 50 years.
Chicago traded contracts on frozen pork bellies for 50 years. CME introduced the futures in 1961 and delisted them in 2011. They let businesses and…
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Tinder once borrowed a ranking idea associated with chess.
Tinder once borrowed a ranking idea associated with chess. The app used an Elo-style score as part of its matching system, drawing on how people responded to…
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A modern bike helmet protects you partly by destroying itself.
A modern bike helmet protects you partly by destroying itself. The foam liner crushes during a serious impact, extending the time and distance over which the…
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Astronomers have isolated the sound of a supermassive black hole located in the Perseus galaxy cluster, and it registers as a B-flat that is fifty-seven octaves below middle C.
Astronomers have isolated the sound of a supermassive black hole located in the Perseus galaxy cluster, and it registers as a B-flat that is fifty-seven…
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People race down Cooper's Hill for a wheel of cheese.
People race down Cooper's Hill for a wheel of cheese. The Gloucestershire event sends competitors down a steep, uneven grassy slope after a rolling Double…
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On Capri, a sandal can be made to fit your actual foot.
On Capri, a sandal can be made to fit your actual foot. Local workshops measure customers and assemble handmade sandals from chosen straps and decorations.…
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Estonia officially invented the extreme sport of kiiking, which translates to swinging, where athletes strap themselves to massive steel swings and try to rotate a full three…
Estonia officially invented the extreme sport of kiiking, which translates to swinging, where athletes strap themselves to massive steel swings and try to…
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Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba boast the highest concentration of garter snakes in the world, with tens of thousands of them emerging from underground limestone caverns every single spring.
Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba boast the highest concentration of garter snakes in the world, with tens of thousands of them emerging from underground…
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Seattle boasts a highly celebrated tourist attraction known as the Market Theater Gum Wall, which is literally just an alleyway heavily caked in thousands of pieces of chewed, festering bubblegum.
Seattle boasts a highly celebrated tourist attraction known as the Market Theater Gum Wall, which is literally just an alleyway heavily caked in thousands of…
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A potato legend turns guards into an advertisement.
A potato legend turns guards into an advertisement. In the story, French potato promoter Antoine-Augustin Parmentier posted guards by his crop during the day…
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Japanese train stations feature unique, highly detailed rubber stamps called eki stampu that tourists and locals obsessively collect in special booklets as they travel across the country.
Japanese train stations feature unique, highly detailed rubber stamps called eki stampu that tourists and locals obsessively collect in special booklets as…
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Philip IV of France destroyed the Knights Templar in 1307, accusing the wealthy military order of bizarre mystical practices, devil worship, and spitting on the cross during secret initiations.
Philip IV of France destroyed the Knights Templar in 1307, accusing the wealthy military order of bizarre mystical practices, devil worship, and spitting on…
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On Germany's Autobahn, the shoulder isn't a place for an ordinary stop.
On Germany's Autobahn, the shoulder isn't a place for an ordinary stop. German traffic rules prohibit stopping on the Autobahn, including its shoulder. A…
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A Korean seaside park displays prizewinning penis sculptures.
A Korean seaside park displays prizewinning penis sculptures. Haesindang Park overlooks a fishing village near Samcheok and draws on local phallic folklore.…
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape passed a municipal decree in 1954 strictly forbidding flying saucers from flying over, landing on, or taking off from its vineyards. Town officials invented the law to publicize the local wine.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape passed a municipal decree in 1954 strictly forbidding flying saucers from flying over, landing on, or taking off from its vineyards. Town…
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Pigs use mud for a cooling job sweat does poorly.
Pigs use mud for a cooling job sweat does poorly. Pigs have little effective sweating capacity, so wallowing helps them shed heat as moisture evaporates. A…
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A jet engine is more like a maintained asset than a replaceable motor.
A jet engine is more like a maintained asset than a replaceable motor. Its hot, fast-moving components need inspections, repairs, and life-limited parts…
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Female praying mantises frequently practice sexual cannibalism by biting off the heads of their male partners during or immediately after mating.
Female praying mantises frequently practice sexual cannibalism by biting off the heads of their male partners during or immediately after mating. Some nerve…
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Amazon's cloud earned more operating income than its two retail regions combined.
Amazon's cloud earned more operating income than its two retail regions combined. In 2025, AWS reported about $45.6 billion in operating income; North America…
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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck deliberately inserted a completely graphic and explicitly fabricated gay sex scene straight into the middle of their original screenplay for the critically acclaimed drama Good Will Hunting.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck deliberately inserted a completely graphic and explicitly fabricated gay sex scene straight into the middle of their original…
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Avocado growers can become targets because their crop is valuable.
Avocado growers can become targets because their crop is valuable. Criminal groups in parts of Mexico extract payments from producers and interfere with parts…
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Muscle soreness after a heavy workout is actually not caused by the buildup of lactic acid, completely debunking a pervasive fitness myth that has been aggressively repeated by gym enthusiasts for decades.
Muscle soreness after a heavy workout is actually not caused by the buildup of lactic acid, completely debunking a pervasive fitness myth that has been…
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Roman emperor Augustus minted coins featuring his astrological sign, Capricorn, and distributed them across the empire to flex his divine right to rule and convince the public he was destined for greatness.
Roman emperor Augustus minted coins featuring his astrological sign, Capricorn, and distributed them across the empire to flex his divine right to rule and…
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