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How to fold like a sailor
How to Fold 24 different things like a sailor.
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In 1989, Trump paid $85,000 for an ad pushing death penalty for 14 year old boy who was later exonerated of the crime. Trump refuses to apologize.
Liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice news.
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South Korea ranks 3rd in global suicide rates, and the biggest cause for youths? Bad scores related to an extremely difficult exam.
South Korea came to a grinding halt on Thursday morning as 650,000 high school seniors prepared to take the most important exam of their lives.
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TIL purple cloth was rare in medieval Europe partially because blue and red dyes were made by separate guilds
Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue.[1][2] The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as a deep, rich shade between crimson and violet.[3]
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TIL a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos ssp.) is any North American subspecies of the brown bear, such as the mainland grizzly (U. a. horribilis), the Kodiak (U. a. middendorffi), the peninsular grizzly (U. a. gyas) and the recently extinct California grizzly (U. a. californicus).
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The First US City Was Full of Immigrants
A sprawling city in the heartland of the United States was a cultural melting pot hundreds of years before Europeans ever set foot on the continent.
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Spacecraft heads for Pluto, taking along its discoverer's ashes
THE first space mission to Pluto contains an unusual piece of cargo: ashes from the cremated remains of Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered the outermost planet in 1930.
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TIL that the widow of the inventor of the Winchester rifle built a house with mazes and dead end staircases to confuse the ghosts killed by the gun.
The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California which was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester.
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TIL Pokemon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
Interesting facts about south park.
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TIL In Japan gambling is illegal, the way they get around the law is to give out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back for cash.
Pachinko (パチンコ?) is a mechanical game originating in Japan and is used as both a form of recreational arcade game and much more frequently as a gambling device, filling a Japanese gambling niche comparable to that of the slot machine in Western gaming.
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TIL Tupac Shakur stopped to break up an altercation and ended up shooting two police officers. One in the leg and one in the buttocks.
The charges on him were dropped after it was discovered the officers were intoxicated and had stolen weapons from the police evidence room.
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The oldest bridge in the world still in use is Arkadiko Bridge, built around 1300-1200 BC
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Cats 'control mice' with chemicals in their urine
Scientists say a compound in cat urine changes mouse behaviour, making them less afraid of cats.
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TIL: Japanese Dangerous Sports Bo-Taoshi(pole pull-down)
In the depths of youtube I found this sport, and its absolutely amazing! 2 Teams compete to pull each other teams pole down. Looks extremely painful and fun!
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It's going to be okay.
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BrainStuff: What Is 'Ranch' Flavor?
A plumber in Alaska invented a bizarre condiment that launched a multimillion dollar industry, and today ranch is the most popular salad dressing in the US. But what exactly is this stuff?
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It's time for these 101 ridiculous science 'facts' to die
These myths, misconceptions, and inaccuracies have been passed down through the ages. It's time to put an end to them.
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Physics of ribbon curling unravelled
Scientists unveil the first full description of how and why a ribbon curls when we scrape one side of it with scissors.
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Giant, Slo-Mo Kitty Demonstrates Why Cats Always Land on Their Feet
Ever wonder why cats always land on their feet? It's an amazing ability that has given them the reputation for having "nine lives," responsible for hours of internet cat video viewing.
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Meet the Association Upholding the Integrity of Instant Noodles
If you've ever lived off ramen, you can thank the global organization that keeps it coming.
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