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Here's How Long it Would Take for Vampires to Annihilate Humanity
To vanquish a vampire, one generally employs a stake, a cross, a string of garlic, or a combination of all three. But there's one highly effective anti-vampire weapon that few think to use: math. A surprisingly large number of academic studies—as in, more than one—have applied mathematical modeling to the concept of human-vampire co-existence. Using the depiction of bloodsuckers in various forms of media, from Bram Stoker's Dracula to True Blood...
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Sheep Thinks it's a Dog
Meteorologist Danielle Banks shares a fun video of a sheep who's just one of the dogs.
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Historical Statue Becomes Darth Vader When it Snows
After a 2015 snowfall, the people of Wejherowo, Poland, were shocked to see that one of their statues had transformed into a tribute to Star Wars villain extraordinaire Darth Vader.
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The 5 Most Delightful Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors, Off-Book
J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Maggie Stiefvater, Rainbow Rowell. You might like their work, but would you have a beer with them?
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Why passports only come in four standard colours
They're a fact of life for travellers, and only considered at the airport or when they're lost, but have you ever considered why passports look the way they do?
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Man behind Boaty McBoatface apologises for social media 'storm'
The man behind the popular campaign to name a British polar research ship Boaty McBoatface apologises for the storm it has created.
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Put One Foot Wrong in This Town and You’ve Left the Country
At De Biergrens beer shop, you can walk in from the Netherlands through one door and walk out into Belgium through another.
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Expired Picked Red Cabbage as a Coffee Creamer?
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Number of Nobel laureates per capita in Europe
The following map shows the number of Nobel laureates per 10 million inhabitants in European countries (the smaller caption shows the actual number of Nobel laureates). It is based on a Wikipedia article that lists all Nobel laureates by country (there are a few cases where the map differs from the Wikipedia article, listed at the end of this article).
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Best countries to live in Europe, 2016 map
It is becoming more and more clear that GDP (gross domestic product) alone is not a good indicator of a country's performance.
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5 times Crayola retired its crayons.
Some names were deemed no longer suitable. The Civil Rights movement had a direct impact on Crayola’s core stable of shades. In 1962, Crayola voluntarily changed “Flesh” to “Peach” in an attempt to preempt any potential legal issues—and to encourage coloring enthusiasts the world over to diversify their stick figures.
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Map of the world's countries rearranged by population.
What if the world were rearranged so that the inhabitants of the country with the largest population would move to the country with the largest area? And the second-largest population would migrate to the second-largest country, and so on? The result would be this disconcerting, disorienting map.
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Timeless Tips for 'Simple Sabotage' — CIA
Many of the sabotage instructions guide ordinary citizens, who may not have agree with their country’s policies, to destabilize their governments by taking disruptive actions. Some of the instructions seem outdated; others remain surprisingly relevant. Together they are a reminder of how easily productivity and order can be undermined.
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ASMRion
The 1st Asmr sound generator for positive feelings and pleasant relaxation.
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SCROTUS
Acronym for So-Called Ruler of the United States, as in POTUS, President of the United States.
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Why the Drip Brewer Doesn't Suck
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Genoa airport lifts liquids ban for pesto
Italian airport is letting travellers take as much as 500g of the sauce in their carry-on luggage, exempting them from the 100ml rule for liquids
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Scientists Blow Their Chances At Respectability At Annual Ig Nobel Awards
The awards highlight research that encourages people to think in unusual ways. By Scott Malone.
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Smart billboards are checking you out — and making judgments
Digital billboards that marry image recognition of car models with other data streams such as mobile phone data will soon display advertising tailored to individual vehicles.
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Michiganders or Michiganians? Lawmakers settle it
Tucked into an obscure package of bills regarding Michigan's Historical Commission is a section that strikes Michiganian for Michigander.
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