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Ouija boards were initially patented and aggressively marketed as a fun family parlor game
Long before Hollywood convinced us that moving a piece of wood summons demons, capitalists were selling it next to Monopoly. The original creators didn't care…
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The Blair Witch actors thought the legend was real
Why pay for good acting when you can just psychologically torture your employees? The directors wrote a completely fake mythology about a murderous witch and…
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The secret In-N-Out menu everyone knows about
California's fiercely heavily hyped massive burger chain completely pretends its aggressively simple menu is the absolutely only option. Meanwhile, literally…
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Why mice refuse to leave a slow food line
If a mouse spends five minutes waiting for a food pellet, it will stubbornly refuse to switch to an empty, faster line. Apparently, the agonizing refusal to…
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Monet aggressively pruned his garden to paint it perfectly
Claude Monet is universally famous for his gentle, atmospheric paintings of water lilies, but behind the scenes, he was a total botanical tyrant. He hired six…
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Bowl chart shape confines you to one rigid side
When everything occupies exactly one side of your structural layout, you become a deeply subjective individual. You relentlessly gather experiences within…
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Why a sugar binge can make anxiety worse
Eating a box of donuts to calm your nerves is a spectacular backfire. The massive insulin crash that follows a sugar binge triggers an immediate release of…
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Sahara expands steadily into bordering areas
The world's most famous sandpit refuses to stay within its boundaries. Driven by wind and aggressive desertification, the Sahara eats up miles of fertile dirt…
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How exercise may slow cellular aging
Hitting the gym is literal time travel. Telomeres are the protective caps on the ends of your DNA chromosomes that fray as you age. Intense exercise forces…
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The Oregon river that runs just 120 feet
Most rivers take a majestic, meandering journey through continents, but the D River in Lincoln City, Oregon, simply couldn't be bothered. Flowing a pathetic…
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Charades began as a written riddle game
Before it devolved into frantic flailing and screaming wrong answers in a living room, this was a highly intellectual written exercise. It only transitioned…
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Law of large aggregates guarantees predictable averages
Single events are entirely chaotic and impossible to predict, but large groups become aggressively boring and stable. While you can never guess the outcome of…
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Why detox foot pads turn dark
There is nothing quite like paying thirty dollars to watch a piece of tape change color. These miraculous foot pads claim to pull dark toxins out of you…
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Juggling while running has its own name
Because running a marathon wasn't punishing enough, some individuals decided to continuously toss three bean bags in the air while doing it. Dropping a ball…
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How bottling up emotions may affect your immunity
Swallowing your sadness to appear strong is a brilliant way to catch a virus. Emotional suppression forces the body into a state of chronic physiological…
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The liquid lakes hidden beneath miles of ice
Just when you think polar regions are nothing but frozen wastelands, geology reveals hundreds of liquid lakes hiding thousands of feet beneath the ice sheet.…
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Badgers rapidly excavate incredibly elaborate dirt dens
Far from digging simple holes, these aggressive mammals construct sprawling underground mansions featuring multiple entrances, dedicated sleeping quarters,…
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Staying awake forever to hallucinate gods
Sleep is for the unawakened. By refusing to close their eyes for several consecutive days, extreme mystics trigger severe sensory breakdowns that they happily…
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Why smart bulbs use power when they're off
Your fancy automated lighting is secretly eating your power bill while you sleep. Even when completely dark, a smart bulb has to keep its internal wireless…
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Mesopotamian wall reliefs boast intense muscle details
Nobody wants to be remembered as scrawny. When carving towering stone slabs to decorate palace walls, artisans made sure every single figure possessed…
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Child support enforcement costs millions
Chasing down people who refuse to pay for their offspring is a massive public expense. States employ entire departments of investigators and legal clerks…
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Neurological action potentials fire as all or nothing spikes
Your highly sophisticated nervous system possesses absolutely zero capability for nuance. When a neuron decides to fire an electrical signal, it either…
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Why broken systems get more complicated
When faced with an unbalanced design or a broken system, our first instinct is absolutely never to remove the bad parts. We aggressively prefer to slap on…
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Profections are an ancient timing technique that activates a different house every year of your life
Annual profections are a Hellenistic technique that treats your life like a 12-year spinning wheel. Depending on your current age, one specific house and its…
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