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The museum where terrible paintings get displayed
Celebrating incompetence is a refreshing change of pace. The curators strictly accept pieces that are spectacularly awful, proving that you don't need talent…
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The mall with a roller coaster inside
Retail therapy escalates quickly when there is a literal roller coaster next to the shoe store. This colossal shopping center entirely enclosed a massive…
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How yoga pants made workout clothes acceptable everywhere
Comfort finally won the ultimate war against denim. By convincing the public that stretchy workout gear was acceptable office attire, apparel companies…
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Dude began as an insult to city snobs
Before it became the totally universal greeting for highly relaxed surfers, it was an incredibly bitter insult. It was heavily hurled at deeply fastidious,…
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Crutches were famously depicted in ancient Egyptian tombs
The fundamental concept of wedging a large stick under your arm to avoid putting weight on a bad leg is incredibly ancient. Carvings from thousands of years…
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Why Black Friday appliances may be cheaper
That unbelievably cheap television is cheap for a reason. Manufacturers create specific derivative models for holiday sales events, stripping out key…
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Why clothing brands make sizes look smaller
Congratulations, you are suddenly a size smaller without exercising. Apparel brands deliberately label larger dimensions with smaller size numbers to give…
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Pig hearts can work inside human bodies
Because the human organ donor waiting list is basically a grim lottery, scientists are turning swine into spare parts. By knocking out specific pig genes that…
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Some asteroids have moons of their own
You don't need to be massive to have your own orbital entourage. Space rocks hurtling through the void frequently have even smaller rocks caught in their weak…
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Seven Minutes in Heaven comes with a dust problem
Shoving two awkward teenagers into a dark coat closet sounds romantic until the reality of the environment sets in. The atmosphere is mostly composed of…
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A corn maze can turn autumn fun into panic
Paying money to be intentionally lost in a dense agricultural field is a strange flex. After forty minutes of seeing nothing but identical stalks of corn, the…
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Sports jerseys change minor details annually
True fans must demonstrate loyalty through endless consumerism. Professional sports teams tweak jersey collars or sleeve stripes every single year just to…
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Barbed Wire Museum in Kansas exhibits 2,000 wire types
It takes a special kind of dedication to curate sharp metal fencing. This institution proudly showcases the evolution of spiked wire, highlighting how…
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Television broadcasts are merely compressed streams of data
Modern cable boxes aren't pulling continuous analog waves out of the air anymore. The smooth, high-definition sports games you watch are aggressively chopped…
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The iron hands made for wounded knights
When knights lost an appendage, they didn't just carve a piece of wood. They commissioned their personal blacksmiths to forge highly articulated, excessively…
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Why trust falls can end badly
Falling backward like a felled tree assumes your coworkers have the upper body strength to catch a full-grown adult. More often than not, gravity wins, arms…
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Wendy's collar hides a tiny message
Subliminal messaging is alive and well in the fast food industry. If you look closely at the blue and white ruffled collar of the redheaded girl on the…
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The satellite that only beeped
The launch that terrified an entire nation and kicked off the space race was fundamentally just a shiny orb with a radio transmitter. It possessed zero…
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Floating up a supernatural factory transparent tube
In a famous fictional chocolate factory, one greedy child discovers that immense glass suction tubes are primarily meant for transporting goods, not humans.…
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Clap at Chichén Itzá and hear a sacred bird
Acoustics in ancient architecture can be deeply weird. If you stand at the base of the main pyramid and clap your hands, the sound bounces off the stairs and…
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How heating pads replaced scalding hot-water bottles
Nothing screams 'comfort' quite like taking a rubber sack full of scalding, near-boiling liquid to bed. The invention of the wired heating pad was a massive…
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The Quaker Oats man isn't William Penn
Historical accuracy holds zero weight in the oatmeal aisle. Everyone assumes the smiling guy on the cardboard tube is the famous founder of Pennsylvania, but…
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How egg-and-spoon races spread bacteria
Balancing a raw piece of poultry reproduction on a piece of silverware is a bizarre tradition. When the inevitable drops happen, the yard becomes coated in…
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Shrinking to subatomic sizes to bypass obstacles
If a door is locked, conventional logic dictates finding a key. Sci-fi logic dictates shrinking your entire body down to the size of a microbe and simply…
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