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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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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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No, NASA Did Not Add A New Zodiac Sign

Every few years, social media lights up with a rumor that NASA secretly changed...
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Why Grocery Store Rotisserie Chickens Are Often Cheaper Than Raw Chickens

Walk into almost any supermarket and you will see them: whole rotisserie chickens, hot...
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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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The People Who Eat Sand Every Day, And What Doctors Say About It

Every so often, a story hits the news about someone who says sand is...
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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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History

Strange Literary Coincidences That Still Puzzle Scholars

Writers often draw inspiration from real events, but every now and then a story...
Facts

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...
History

The Adventurer Who Crossed The Atlantic Ocean In A Barrel

Most people who cross the Atlantic Ocean do it on an airplane or a...
History

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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