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Economists checked whether skirt lengths could forecast the economy.
Economists checked whether skirt lengths could forecast the economy. Researchers compared fashion reports from L'Officiel with economic-cycle data. The…
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London is renowned for its rich royal history, iconic red telephone boxes, and weather that is perpetually stuck in a state of miserable gray drizzle.
London is renowned for its rich royal history, iconic red telephone boxes, and weather that is perpetually stuck in a state of miserable gray drizzle.…
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Japan's property boom let rising prices finance more buying.
Japan's property boom let rising prices finance more buying. As land values climbed during the late-1980s bubble, land used as collateral could support larger…
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Midheaven is the highest point of your astrological birth chart, theoretically pointing directly at the career path, public reputation, and ultimate life legacy that the universe has supposedly assigned to you.
Midheaven is the highest point of your astrological birth chart, theoretically pointing directly at the career path, public reputation, and ultimate life…
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Solar eclipses were historically viewed by almost every ancient civilization as horrific omens of impending doom, usually interpreted as a giant sky dragon eating the sun to punish humanity for its collective sins.
Solar eclipses were historically viewed by almost every ancient civilization as horrific omens of impending doom, usually interpreted as a giant sky dragon…
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Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, generated a staggering one hundred sixty-one billion dollars in net income in 2022, marking the highest annual profit ever recorded by a corporate entity.
Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, generated a staggering one hundred sixty-one billion dollars in net income in 2022, marking the…
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Dynamite made a dangerous liquid easier to handle by giving it a solid carrier.
Dynamite made a dangerous liquid easier to handle by giving it a solid carrier. Alfred Nobel's key development combined nitroglycerin with an absorbent…
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Uranus takes about eighty-four years to orbit the sun, meaning it spends roughly seven years in each zodiac sign, effectively defining entire generational cohorts rather than individual personality traits.
Uranus takes about eighty-four years to orbit the sun, meaning it spends roughly seven years in each zodiac sign, effectively defining entire generational…
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Charlie Cox completely blew his incredibly important audition to play the young, dashing smuggler Han Solo in the wildly expensive Star Wars prequel movie because he had spent…
Charlie Cox completely blew his incredibly important audition to play the young, dashing smuggler Han Solo in the wildly expensive Star Wars prequel movie…
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Sweden put a minus sign on a central-bank deposit rate.
Sweden put a minus sign on a central-bank deposit rate. In July 2009, the Riksbank lowered one deposit-facility rate to −0.25 percent. Banks using that…
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Venezuela's inflation made a coffee vastly pricier than a tank of fuel.
Venezuela's inflation made a coffee vastly pricier than a tank of fuel. In 2018, heavily subsidized pump prices lagged far behind the prices of everyday…
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Long before coins, people in the ancient Near East used clay tokens to keep track of goods.
Long before coins, people in the ancient Near East used clay tokens to keep track of goods. By the fourth millennium BC, some tokens were sealed inside hollow…
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Singing together can align patterns in heart-rate changes.
Singing together can align patterns in heart-rate changes. Shared phrases coordinate breathing, and heart rate naturally rises and falls with the breath. In…
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Honking your car horn in massive gridlock traffic does absolutely nothing to make the cars move faster but it certainly raises your blood pressure.
Honking your car horn in massive gridlock traffic does absolutely nothing to make the cars move faster but it certainly raises your blood pressure. A horn…
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Enochian magic is an incredibly complex system of ceremonial mysticism supposedly delivered to John Dee and Edward Kelley by literal angels who spoke an entirely unique, grammatically correct language.
Enochian magic is an incredibly complex system of ceremonial mysticism supposedly delivered to John Dee and Edward Kelley by literal angels who spoke an…
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Falun Gong is a deeply controversial modern spiritual movement that brilliantly combines traditional Chinese qigong exercises, intense moral philosophy, and bizarre mystical claims about alien invasions.
Falun Gong is a deeply controversial modern spiritual movement that brilliantly combines traditional Chinese qigong exercises, intense moral philosophy, and…
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Japan's public debt exceeds two years of its economic output.
Japan's public debt exceeds two years of its economic output. The IMF's 2026 assessment put gross public debt at about 214.5% of GDP for 2024. That compares…
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An owl’s eyes are shaped more like tubes than balls.
An owl’s eyes are shaped more like tubes than balls. They sit firmly in the skull, so looking far to the side requires moving the head. Neck anatomy and…
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station experience sixteen sunrises and sunsets every single day because their vehicle is traveling at a blistering seventeen thousand five hundred miles per hour.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station experience sixteen sunrises and sunsets every single day because their vehicle is traveling at a blistering…
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Leonardo DiCaprio famously despised the massively iconic, deeply cringeworthy line about being the king of the world while filming the historical romance epic Titanic, begging…
Leonardo DiCaprio famously despised the massively iconic, deeply cringeworthy line about being the king of the world while filming the historical romance epic…
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Pixar became an independent company after Steve Jobs bought it from Lucasfilm in 1986.
Pixar became an independent company after Steve Jobs bought it from Lucasfilm in 1986. The group already combined computer-graphics research with animation…
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Barbie for the original Nintendo Entertainment System features a soundtrack composed by Mark Van Hecke, who inexplicably reused the intensely creepy music he had previously written for A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Barbie for the original Nintendo Entertainment System features a soundtrack composed by Mark Van Hecke, who inexplicably reused the intensely creepy music he…
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Airliners climb because thinner air changes the fuel bill.
Airliners climb because thinner air changes the fuel bill. At cruising height, reduced air resistance lets a jet travel efficiently, but the wings and engines…
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Robin Williams explicitly agreed to voice the Genie in Disney's Aladdin for the absolute minimum union scale of seventy-five thousand dollars, on the strict condition that his…
Robin Williams explicitly agreed to voice the Genie in Disney's Aladdin for the absolute minimum union scale of seventy-five thousand dollars, on the strict…
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