Top 10 Failed Fad Diets
(via Listverse) The quest to be skinny is a permanent struggle for many, often with constantly shifting goalposts. Many resort
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Month: June 2021
The Citadel of Bam: The World’s Largest Mud Building
(via Amusing Planet) Sometime between 579 and 323 BC during the Achaemenid Persian period, the Citadel of Bam (in Persian
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Meet the Indispensable Bagel Rollers of NYC
(via Atlas Obscura) A machine still can’t provide a schmear experience up to New York standards.
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25 of the Longest-Reigning Monarchs in History
(via Mental Floss) Heavy is the head that wears the crown—and no one wore that headpiece longer than the men
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The Teetotaling Couple Who Filled Their Home With Novelty Whiskey Containers
(via Atlas Obscura) For decades, Jim Beam made decanters shaped like Elvis, the Mount St. Helens eruption, and more.
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Abraham Lincoln Is the Only President Ever to Have a Patent
(via Smithsonian)In 1849, a future president patented an amazing addition to transportation technology
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Bingham Canyon Mine Landslide
(via Amusing Planet) On April 10, 2013, a gigantic chunk of earth and rocks gave away and crashed into the
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Top 10 Weird Music-Related Facts
(via Listverse) Imagine a world without music. No Christmas carols, rock concerts, personal playlists, elevator music, movie soundtracks, dramatic Disney
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The secret to Lego’s enduring appeal
(via Fast Company) It’s a secret hiding in plain sight for anyone who has ever clicked Lego bricks together.
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11 Refreshing Facts about Gelato
(via mental_floss) Italy deserves major kudos for the culinary gifts—pizza, pasta, and pesto, to name a few—it has bestowed upon
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The Enduring Myths of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’
(via Smithsonian) Forty years later, archaeologists look back at what the first Indiana Jones movie got wrong about their profession
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11 Facts About the Salem Witch Trials
(via Mental Floss) The 1692 Salem witch trials are a big blot on American history. A period of less than
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