In the late 1990s, Julia Hill climbed a 200-foot, approximately 1000-year-old Californian redwood tree & didn’t come down for another 738 days. She ultimately reached an agreement with Pacific Lumber Company to spare the tree & a 200-foot buffer zone surrounding the tree.

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Once in a lifetime shot. Park ranger uses a shotgun to separate (and save) two antler locked bucks

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This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of VLC media player. He refused tens of millions of dollars in order to keep VLC ads-free. Thanks, Jean!

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the longest river in france dried up today

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A street in Paris after weeks of garbage collector strikes

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The brown colour is iconic now

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Birthmark covers most her torso

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This man spoke with every parent in Uvalde, Texas to build personalized caskets for all 19 children who were killed. His name is Trey Ganem

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The Canadian Naval Diving Academy celebrates graduation by taking their class picture underwater

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Only five Olympic athletes ever have won more than eight gold medals and four of them hold nine gold medals. Michael Phelps holds 23.

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Anonymous hackers now targeting Russian websites in retaliation for the Ukraine invasion.

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The difference between 850hp vs 10,000hp,

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This little crab casually clearing the sand from his eyes

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The German police have a special protection suit for cases of attacks with a knife

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This scuba diver creatively defending himself against a rogue sea turtle

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88 yo french man evacuated a whole hospital because he had a WW1 shell stuck in his anus (full article and source in comments)

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Mcdonalds is permanently closing in Russia here is my friend's stash

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“The Smiling Disaster Girl” Zoe Roth sold her original photo for nearly $500,000 as a non-fungible token (NFT) at an auction in 2021

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Ukrainian authorities have informed citizens that you don't need to declare captured Russian tanks or any equipment they pick up as personal income

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Chamber of Civil Engineers building is one of the few buildings that is standing still with almost no damage.

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After Putin learned that Angela Merkel was afraid of dogs he deliberately brought one into a meeting

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Both got lucky

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Passenger trains in the United States vs Europe

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Before and after the recent storm in Dubai. I now have a lake view apartment :D

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A Diver Showing The Change In Air Pressure

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Stair dust corners introduced at the end of the 19th century to make sweeping easier. They keep dust from accumulating in the corners

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For the first time in its entire history, The United States has a Native American, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian serving in the House of Representatives.

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Welsh Royal Guard falling down due to the extreme heat, none of the others rescued him to not break their rules. 1957

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In 2003, Boston Moved Their Highway Underground. Here Are The Results

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[OC] I broke every bone in my face and had to have to reconstructed. The left is the face I grew up with and the right is me 9 months later!

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Magazine advertisement from 1996 - Nearly 30 years ago

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Farm herd Casper, who faced off 11 coyotes and killed 8 of them. He was missing for two days right after which they believed he was tracking the remaining coyotes and finishing the job. His vet sad was lucky to be alive and his owner said he will have him retire from herding.

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How the court illustrator captured the former president during today's arraignment in New York

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Sadio Mane, the Senegalese Bayern Munich football player is transforming Bambaly, his native Senegal village: He built an hospital, a school and he is paying 80 euros a month all its citizens. Recently he installed a 4G network and built a postal office.

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What we would pay our teachers if we paid them what we pay babysitters.

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In 2010, a Japanese man completed a GPS drawing by travelling across Japan to propose to his girlfriend. It's been since certified as World's largest GPS drawing

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FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked to find a mole within the FBI. Robert Hanssen was the mole and had been working with KGB since 1979. His espionage was described by the Department of Justice as possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history.

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Alice Roosevelt

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This Homeless man's rabbit was thrown over a bridge by a passerby and he immediately jumped into the river to save her. He won an award, was given animal food and a job, and the passerby was charged with animal cruelty.

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A Titanic model that sinks like the real thing

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Not the beautiful Florida view anyone imagined! Courtesy of hurricane Ian.

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The Christmas trees in Kyiv

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Arnold Schwarzenegger on the day he received his American citizenship, 1983

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The Red House That Survived Hawaii Wild Fires

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Toilets in a Medieval Castle

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Mario Puzo, the author of the Godfather books who’d also adapted them to film, had no idea what he was doing as he’d never written a screenplay before. After winning two Oscars, he decided to buy a book on screenwriting to learn how. In the first chapter, it said “Study Godfather I”

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Syrian archaeologist Khaled Al Asaad who devoted his life to the excavation and restoration of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He was beheaded by ISIS after refusing to disclose the location of ancient artifacts, despite a month of torture. He died a hero of heritage protection.

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Apes don't ask questions. While apes can learn sign language and communicate using it, they have never attempted to learn new knowledge by asking humans or other apes. They don't seem to realize that other entities can know things they don't. It's a concept that separates mankind from apes.

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Bobi, the world's oldest dog ever, dies aged 31

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Traffic signals with LED lights on the pole itself

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This Guy Did Something Crazy. This is what He looks like Before & After 2,000 Miles from Georgia to Maine

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The very last photo of Chester Bennington (Linkin Park's lead singer) taken by his wife just one day before he took his own life.

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NASA's James Webb telescope has spotted a giant 'question mark' object in deep space

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Baby born with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, adult sized tounge.

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Submarine passes under diver

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An interesting approach

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Passenger photo while plane flew near East Palestine, Ohio ... chemical fire after train derailed

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Titanic's sister ship, Britannic, wreck site at depth of only 390 feet (119m)

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Bioplastics made from avocado pits that completely biodegrade in 240 days created by Mexican chemical engineering company 🥑

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Aerial Picture of an uncontacted Amazon Tribe

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An Argentine reporter, after her wallet was stolen by a fan in Qatar, stated: The police asked me how I want to punish the offender and choose between imprisoning him for 5 years or deporting him from the country immediately.

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How English has changed over the years

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Mike Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesar’s, quietly paid for Rosa Parks’ rent after learning she had been robbed and assaulted in her home at the age of 81 in 1994. He helped her move to a safer neighborhood and continued to pay her rent until she died in 2005.

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Man shares picture before and after a liver transplant

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16 stories beneath midtown Manhattan, NYC

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This amazing photo was from a 16 y/o girl who snuck her camera into a Queen concert in 1978

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goodbye internet

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In 1783, a boy was born with two heads. The second head was upside down, with the neck pointed straight up. Shockingly, the second head was fully functional. The boy claimed he could hear the other brain telling him things.

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Adam Rainer was the only person in recorded history to have been both a dwarf and a giant in one lifetime

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An open air school in 1957, Netherlands ⁣ In the beginning of the 20th century a movement towards open air schools took place in Europe. Classes were taught in forests so that students would benefit physically and mentally from clean air and sunlight.

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Syrian archaeologist Khaled Al Asaad who devoted his life to the excavation and restoration of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He was beheaded by ISIS after refusing to disclose the location of ancient artifacts, despite a month of torture. He died a hero of heritage protection.

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A stele from the sunken ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion recovered from the bottom of the ocean.

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This new black edition Canadian two dollar coin

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This comment holds the world record for most downvoted comment on Reddit

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The russian 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade, whole platoon of russian soldiers surrendered to Ukrainian forces in Chernihiv. No one thought we were going to kill russian officer tells.

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The insane curvature of an aircraft carrier, and why it doesn't tip over

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Today I learned you can see rats pupils when light hits at the right angle

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X-ray of Nikola Tesla's foot, taken by himself on a device of his own design in 1896.

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When Ernest Seton turned 21, his father handed him an itemized bill for everything spent on him up to that point. The total came to $537.50 and his father set the interest rate at 6%. Seton paid the debt, but changed his name and never spoke to his father again

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A 46000 year Old Worm was Revived by Scientists and it Started having Babies after being frozen for Tens of thousands of Years..

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The pistol that shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 sparking World War I.

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Mysterious red glow seen over the Atlantic, pilot says he’s never seen anything like it. Via July 2022.

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My ancestor King Billy (left), known for being the last full-blooded Aboriginal man in the colony of Tasmania. Me (right) born in America 150 years later

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Michael Jackson in 1978, before the plastic surgery, Pepsi incident and vitiligo.

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A statue in Istanbul to honor Tombili, a famous stray cat. He used to sit in this position and watch passers-by.

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Miriam Rodriguez hunted down 10 members of the cartel that kidnapped her 20-year-old daughter. she stalked them one by one across Mexico until they were either dead or in prison.

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Fort Blunder.

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To circumvent local government's restriction on sharp price drop, Chinese real estates developers literally handed out gold ingots to home buyers.

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What Mt. Rushmore looks like when you zoom out

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Queen Victoria photobombing her son's wedding photo by sitting between them wearing full mourning dress and staring at a bust of her dead husband

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When traffic comes to a complete stop in Germany, the drivers, (by law) must move towards the edge of each side to create an open lane for emergency vehicles.

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In 1980 the FBI formed a fake company and attempted to bribe members of congress. Nearly 25% of those tested accepted the bribe, and were convicted

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This garlic that doesn’t have separate cloves, it’s just one solid piece

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🚉 When you need help at a train station in Japan.., 👋 customer service literally pops out of the wall.

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Princess Diana's Grave is isolated on the island in the middle of an ornamental lake, and not open to the public.

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Vitaly Skakun is a hero after sacrificing his life to blow up the Henichesky Bridge. The bridge was mined but a Russian column was advancing and there was no time to detonate it remotely. Skakun radioed his unit and told them he would do it manually, saying goodbye.

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the Euthanasia Coaster, designed to kill its passengers

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Rare sighting of a Whale tail sailing.

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Jonah Hill accepted the lowest wage as possible ($60k for 7 months) to work with Martin Scorsese in The Wolf of Wall street. “It was a dream come true to work with Scorsese, I don’t care about money”.

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Nasa has announced the crew that will be returning to the moon in 2024

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A dormouse is a rodent found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. They are named for their long, dormant hibernation period of six months or longer.

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The madman actually did it! Minister of Digital Information of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said that Starlink equipment from Elon Musk has already arrived in the country

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Letter from John Steinbeck to Marilyn Monroe

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Pirate Bay response to legal threats from DreamWorks

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Nyakim Gatwech is a South Sudanese model who is known as the Queen of The Dark because of her very dark skin, a result of high levels of melanin

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This is how much food you can get for the cost of a pack of cigarettes in Australia

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The Final Exam For German Police Service Dogs To Remain Calm In Front of A Cat (1987)

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This is how deep a submarine had to go in order to get to the Titanic.

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On Black Friday 2008, 34 yr old Walmart employee, Jdimytai Damour, was asked by his employer to use his 6’5 body as a barrier for a crowd of over 2,000 people. He died that day after being trampled by the crowd. The shoppers did not concerned about his death, and even complained of waiting too long.

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My wife climbed a mountain a little located in little over 12 miles from our house yesterday. She jokingly asked me to use my big lens to take her picture when she reached the summit. To both of our surprise, I was actually able to.

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The man who took the famous picture of workers eating lunch on an unfinished Empire State Building

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3-year-old Ryker Webb survived the Montana wilderness alone for two days. He was found in a shed two miles from his home. Authorities say he was very lucky considering the Bull Lake Valley, where he was found was home to many Mountain Lions and Bears.

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Standing on top of a nuclear reactor

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As part of the project As If Nothing Happened, an AI drew Michael Jackson if he were still alive and had never gotten plastic surgery.

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This ancient shark is actually older than the United States of America itself.

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Identical quadruplets turn 18

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A Town Especially Built for People with Dementia

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United States Coast Guard in the Eastern Pacific, boarding a narco-submarine carrying $232 million worth of cocaine.

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In 1996, 7-year-old Jessica Dubroff was attempting to become the youngest person to fly a light aircraft across the USA. She died when her aircraft crashed during a rainstorm. This resulted in a law prohibiting child pilots from manipulating flight controls.

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Gold Depository at the New York Federal Reserve, 1959.

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US police killed 1176 people in 2022 making it the deadliest year on record for police files in the country since experts first started tracking the killings

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In 2009 while watching Stewart Little (1999), Hungarian art historian Gergely Barki, saw the painting Sleeping Lady with Black Vase by Robert Bereny. It had been missing for 90 years and had been used as a prop. It was the original.

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This quote from Zelenskiy's inaugural address

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Burning Man Festival

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16 Years after the death of Nicole Van Den Hurk, her stepbrother Andy falsely confessed to killing her to get her body exhumed for DNA testing which lead to the arrest and prosecution of her attacker. Andy believed that his father was responsible for Nicole's death.

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The Ottoman train, which was ambushed by Lawrence of Arabia about 100 years ago on the Hejaz railway, still stands in the middle of the desert today.

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When Japan executes criminals by hanging, 3 wall buttons are simultaneously pressed by 3 people so none know which of them opened the trap door

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Contrary to popular belief,no amount of alcohol is considered safe to consume.

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Each UK Prime Minister since 2010 have had their own personal lectern designed

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Red meth seized in Arizona, turns out Hank’s genius is still out there.

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Knife grinders in France circa 1902. They worked lying down to save their backs and had dogs sit on their legs for warmth

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CIA revealed a heart attack gun in 1975. A battery operated gun which fired a dart of frozen water & shellfish toxin. Once inside the body it would melt leaving only a small red mark on the victim where it entered. The official cause of death would always be a heart attack.

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Early in his career, Sylvester Stallone was so low on cash, he was forced to sell his dog, Butkus, for $40. When he landed Rocky, he bought the dog back for $15K and gave him a role in the movie

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Steve Jobs was hired to build the first prototype of Breakout for Atari. He enlisted the help of Steve Wozniak promising to give him half of the $750 pay. The pair stayed up four days straight to finish the game and were given a bonus because of this. Jobs kept the entire bonus for himself.

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La Gioconda del Prado: a better preserved exact copy of the Mona Lisa, made by one of da Vinci's students. Discovered in 2012 underneath an overpainting. It shows details that are not visible in the Mona Lisa anymore.

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