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From Fortune to Flea Market: The Gen-X Collections Nobody Wants Anymore

For Boomers and Gen-X kids, collecting things was practically a rite of passage. Whether...
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10 Everyday Phrases With Surprisingly Dark Origins

Most people toss out certain phrases without thinking twice about where they came from....
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7 Dangerous 1970s Toys That Would Never Be Sold Today

The 1970s were a golden age of creativity in toy design, and in hindsight,...
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Sears Once Sold Entire Houses for Under $800 That Were Delivered by Mail

More than a century ago, Americans could open a Sears catalog, flip to the...
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The Longest Anyone Has Ever Gone Without Sleep And Why the Record Will Never Be Broken Again

In 1964, a 17-year-old high school student in California stayed awake for 264 hours,...
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The Forgotten Smell-O-Vision Experiments of the 1930s

Years before the infamous 1960 Smell-O-Vision system debuted in theaters, inventors in the 1930s...
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Whatever Happened to Talking Bathroom Scales?

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a wave of bathroom scales hit the...
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11 Lesser Known Facts About Jim Morrison

Everyone knows the headlines about Jim Morrison and The Doors, but there are quieter,...
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When Whistling Drove Cities Crazy

Today, the most common complaint in a noisy city is traffic, sirens, or construction....
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Why Old Department Stores Smelled So Different from Today’s Malls

For many people, stepping into an old department store decades ago meant walking into...
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Everyday Habits From 1900 That Would Seem Strange Today

Life in 1900 looked familiar in some ways, but many everyday habits from the...
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Did People Really Think the Titanic Was Cursed?

The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 remains one of the most famous maritime...
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Strange Literary Coincidences That Still Puzzle Scholars

Writers often draw inspiration from real events, but every now and then a story...
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Bizarre Optical Phenomena You Can See With the Naked Eye

Optical illusions aren’t just for science textbooks. Nature creates its own strange visual tricks...
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The Adventurer Who Crossed The Atlantic Ocean In A Barrel

Most people who cross the Atlantic Ocean do it on an airplane or a...
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From Fortune to Flea Market: The Gen-X Collections Nobody Wants Anymore

For Boomers and Gen-X kids, collecting things was practically a rite of passage. Whether...

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