It seems like wherever we go, we’re always inundated with sleek gadgets. But things were not always crazy thin and portable, and the creation of gadgets used to be fairly groundbreaking. The gadgets we now take for granted came from the minds of geniuses whose names have long passed into history. Luckily, a few pictures…
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Planning a vacation isn’t easy. Despite what you may have heard from some singing animatronics on your last trip with the family, it’s really not that much of a small world after all. Before you decide where you want to go, perhaps it’s best to figure out where you definitely do not want to go or…
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In China, funky and ridiculous looking buildings are a serious issue. In fact, they’re taken so seriously that Chinese president Xi Jinping asked developers to stop making strange buildings. After you see these 15 buildings from across China, you’ll definitely see where he’s coming from. Just wait until you see #8. I’m not sure a…
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When Americans first landed on the moon back in 1969, it inspired a wave of excitement about space travel. Many believed that this excitement would lead to settlements on the moon, which would make mankind an interplanetary species. Sadly, that never happened. Could that be because the first men on the moon weren’t alone up…
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December 5 might just go down as one of history’s most coincidental days ever. On that date in 1664, a ship sank in the Menai Strait, located off the coast of North Wales. 80 passengers died — there was only one survivor, a man named Hugh Williams. That same day in 1785, another shipwreck occurred…
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The airport is usually the last place you want to encounter any surprises. That goes double if you’re talking about surprises of the morbid variety, but that’s exactly what you’ll see if you ever fly into the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, in Savannah, Georgia. Thanks to a decision by the military during World War II,…
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North Korea has a reputation for being the most reclusive country on Earth. Because of that, there’s so much about daily life in North Korea that we don’t know, and what little information we do gather comes from refugees and the very few tourists who are permitted to visit the country each year. One of…
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Humans are very social creatures, so it only makes sense that we love having pets to care for and keep us company. While it might not make much logical sense to spend thousands of dollars and years of our lives loving a creature of a different species, we do it anyway. For some, though, when…
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When people don’t do something for a long time and then suddenly get back into it without missing a beat, they say that it’s just like riding a bike. The assumption here is that riding a bike is something that you’ll never forget how to do. This guy’s bike, however, will make you see things…
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When we call someone toxic, we usually mean that their behavior is dramatic and manipulative. In this woman’s case, however, the description is actually literal. On February 19, 1994, paramedics rushed Gloria Ramirez, who would later be known as “the toxic lady,” to the emergency room of Riverside General Hospital in Riverside, California. She had…
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