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Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that lasted a mere twenty-three minutes.
Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that…
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Dedicated pet astrology books and specialized animal psychics currently make up a surprisingly lucrative sector of the wellness industry by offering to calculate the precise…
Dedicated pet astrology books and specialized animal psychics currently make up a surprisingly lucrative sector of the wellness industry by offering to…
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Cryptozoologists have spent decades trying to prove the mystical existence of bigfoot using nothing but blurry photographs, questionable plaster casts, and anecdotal stories of bad smells in the woods.
Cryptozoologists have spent decades trying to prove the mystical existence of bigfoot using nothing but blurry photographs, questionable plaster casts, and…
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Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung actually used astrological natal charts during his psychoanalytic sessions with patients, believing the positions of the planets could reveal hidden archetypes within the human unconscious.
Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung actually used astrological natal charts during his psychoanalytic sessions with patients, believing the positions of the planets…
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Guam's cargo inspections include dogs trained to find snakes.
Guam's cargo inspections include dogs trained to find snakes. Brown treesnakes devastated the island's native wildlife after their introduction. To keep them…
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Apple repair technicians in the late 2000s famously refused to service certain Mac computers under warranty if they discovered the internal components were covered in a thick…
Apple repair technicians in the late 2000s famously refused to service certain Mac computers under warranty if they discovered the internal components were…
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Your nose recognizes smells by combinations, not one receptor per scent.
Your nose recognizes smells by combinations, not one receptor per scent. Odor molecules activate patterns across receptor types, and the brain reads those…
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Japanese culture utilizes a system called ketsueki-gata, which assigns specific personality traits and romantic compatibilities based on an individual's ABO blood type rather than their astrological birth month.
Japanese culture utilizes a system called ketsueki-gata, which assigns specific personality traits and romantic compatibilities based on an individual's ABO…
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Channel Tunnel spoil became a new piece of England's coastline.
Channel Tunnel spoil became a new piece of England's coastline. About 4.9 million cubic meters of chalk marl helped create Samphire Hoe beneath Shakespeare…
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Nostradamus actually wrote his famous prophecies as a series of vague, four-line poems called quatrains that intentionally avoided specific dates or names so he wouldn't get burned as a heretic.
Nostradamus actually wrote his famous prophecies as a series of vague, four-line poems called quatrains that intentionally avoided specific dates or names so…
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Saba's airport fits its runway into about 400 meters.
Saba's airport fits its runway into about 400 meters. The short strip lies on a small patch of level land with the sea close to its ends. That geometry limits…
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Joan Quigley served as the official White House astrologer during the Reagan administration, directly influencing the scheduling of press conferences, presidential debates, and…
Joan Quigley served as the official White House astrologer during the Reagan administration, directly influencing the scheduling of press conferences,…
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French psychologist Michel Gauquelin published a controversial study in 1955 claiming that a disproportionate number of champion athletes were born with the planet Mars in…
French psychologist Michel Gauquelin published a controversial study in 1955 claiming that a disproportionate number of champion athletes were born with the…
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Sony Pictures actively declined an offer to purchase the cinematic rights to almost every single major Marvel comic book character, including Iron Man, Thor, and Black Panther,…
Sony Pictures actively declined an offer to purchase the cinematic rights to almost every single major Marvel comic book character, including Iron Man, Thor,…
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Legendary astronomer Johannes Kepler formulated the three foundational laws of planetary motion in the seventeenth century while desperately trying to make a living by writing astrological almanacs for European nobility.
Legendary astronomer Johannes Kepler formulated the three foundational laws of planetary motion in the seventeenth century while desperately trying to make a…
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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce captured the oldest surviving photographic image in 1826 or 1827, which required placing a camera obscura facing out of his upstairs window and leaving…
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce captured the oldest surviving photographic image in 1826 or 1827, which required placing a camera obscura facing out of his upstairs…
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Horary astrology is an ancient and incredibly hyper-specific branch of the practice where a chart is drawn up for the exact moment a client asks a question, theoretically…
Horary astrology is an ancient and incredibly hyper-specific branch of the practice where a chart is drawn up for the exact moment a client asks a question,…
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Notorious serial killer the Zodiac terrified Northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s while using a cross-circle symbol and a cosmic moniker, but his cryptic ciphers…
Notorious serial killer the Zodiac terrified Northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s while using a cross-circle symbol and a cosmic moniker, but…
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NASA caused a collective existential crisis in 2016 by pointing out that the Babylonians ignored a thirteenth constellation named Ophiuchus to neatly fit their twelve-month calendar.
NASA caused a collective existential crisis in 2016 by pointing out that the Babylonians ignored a thirteenth constellation named Ophiuchus to neatly fit…
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Venus retrograde occurs roughly every eighteen months when the planet of love and aesthetics appears to spin backward in the sky, a period during which modern astrologers…
Venus retrograde occurs roughly every eighteen months when the planet of love and aesthetics appears to spin backward in the sky, a period during which modern…
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Earth wobbles on its axis in a 25,800-year cycle known as the precession of the equinoxes, which slowly changes the zodiac constellation that rises behind the sun on the vernal…
Earth wobbles on its axis in a 25,800-year cycle known as the precession of the equinoxes, which slowly changes the zodiac constellation that rises behind the…
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Animal Crossing lets family members share a world even when they play at different times.
Animal Crossing lets family members share a world even when they play at different times. One player can leave a letter or gift that another finds hours…
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The first SMS came from a computer, not another phone.
The first SMS came from a computer, not another phone. On December 3, 1992, engineer Neil Papworth sent 'Merry Christmas' to Vodafone's Richard Jarvis.…
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Some car loans come with a remote off switch.
Some car loans come with a remote off switch. Starter-interruption devices let a lender prevent a financed car from starting, alongside location tracking used…
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