How men found love in 1800s America was so awful it’s funny
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Canon has a “museum” of every camera they’ve produced on an obscure part of their website
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Inept 'People's Convoy' chased out of Bay Area by egg-throwing kids
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Downhill, on a couch, on public roads
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64-year old finds the ejection handle in an impromptu fighter jet ride. He survives and now hates his co-workers.
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The absurd mystery of flamingo no. 492
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Tokyo’s Manuscript Writing Cafe only allows writers on a deadline, and won’t let them leave until finished
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Looking for a brand name that will stand out – American companies are increasingly mining Finnish for short, simple, and unique words
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Thieves make away with 500-tonne iron bridge in Bihar, India
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Hacker took over Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Drake, Lil Nas X, Harry Styles, Michael Jackson, The Weekend, and Eminem's YouTube channels, uploading bizarre videos to millions of subscribers
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The Faroe Islands commissioned a tombstone for Daniel Craig's James Bond – designed to mark his final turn as Bond in ‘No Time to Die’
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Justice Stevens reads the fine print
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The elaborate con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
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When hundreds of vampire-hunting children invaded a Scottish cemetery — and helped spur a comic book ban
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Crow-plagued California city turns to lasers and boomboxes to clear the air
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These vending machines sell internet access five minutes at a time
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Dutch museums and concert halls open as hair salons to protest Covid rules
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Face masks make people look more attractive, study finds
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The US FDA finally liberates French dressing from 72-year-old ingredient mandates
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The dolphin clitoris is full of surprises, scientists discover
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If I fits, I sits: Starlink's self-heating internet satellite dishes are attracting cats
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Mass hypnosis screenings planned for 2022 Göteborg Film Festival
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The manager of this Japanese second-hand shop covers famous songs using broken instruments
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US schoolteacher says she spent five hours in voluntary self-isolation in a plane's toilet after testing positive for Covid-19 on a flight to Iceland
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Precision cooking for printed foods via multiwavelength lasers
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How ‘The Monster with 21 Faces’ terrorized Japan during the harrowing Glico Morinaga candy incident
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You have no idea how hard it is to get a hamster drunk
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Shiraz - Katyusha (2021)
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Weird testing infrastructure in pictures
@Kane: testing facility for thyssenkrupp elevators in Zhongshan City pic.twitter.com/2L4jG2Nel6
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Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
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Revenge of the apes: Monkeys in Maharashtra's Beed District on a murderous rampage after dogs kill one of their infants
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The Gävle goat
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Giant straw goat that has become an annual highlight in the Swedish city of Gävle has been burned by an arsonist... again
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Bros., Lecce: We eat at the worst Michelin starred restaurant, ever
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Swedish singer Anna von Hausswolff performed in secret on Thursday night, after two of her French concerts were cancelled due to pressure from fundamentalist Catholics
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Birds aren't real, or are they? Inside a Gen Z conspiracy movement
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Inside the US funeral industry’s 2021 national convention
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Canada taps into strategic reserves to deal with massive shortage ... of maple syrup
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An uncomfortable monkey and some singing fish star in Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
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Breath of the Wild Speedrun - Butter Dog Dog Wit Da Butter on Him%
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The collective MSCHF bought an Andy Warhol, created 999 replicas, and is now selling each for $250. The catch: you'll never know which one is real.
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California nut crimes
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Vienna museums starts OnlyFans account after its TikTok is banned for posting nudes
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Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”?
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The Mustard Museum: Passion for a condiment
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Would you like this man as your personal physician?
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Australian musk ducks have the ability to call you a ‘bloody fool,’ research finds
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Queen Margrethe II, reigning monarch of Denmark, is to design the sets for a forthcoming Netflix film adapted from a novel by Karen Blixen
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Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them
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What useless information do you have memorized?
Usually when I ask people this question, I get a lot of phone numbers. Having worked on a World of Warcraft database a decade ago I still remember the internal IDs of many items and spells. (12345...
Usually when I ask people this question, I get a lot of phone numbers.
Having worked on a World of Warcraft database a decade ago I still remember the internal IDs of many items and spells. (12345 is Bijou's Belongings! And the lowest item ID I had found is 17, an internal item called Martin Thunder)
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