25 Wild Facts About WrestleMania I
(via Mental Floss) Every spring since 1985, World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the World Wrestling Federation) puts on a sporting spectacle
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Month: October 2021
Sparta Was Much More Than an Army of Super Warriors
(via Smithsonian) Fierce? Yes. Tough? You bet. But the true history of the Greek civilization had a lot more nuance
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10 Weird Things Found at the Bottom of the Great Lakes
(via Listverse) The Great Lakes, inhabiting over 152,800 square kilometers (95,000 square miles) and filled with 27.3 quadrillion liters (6
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Can an Average Passenger Actually Be Talked Through Landing a Plane in an Emergency?
(via Mental Floss) Some people are born great, and others have greatness thrust upon them. And there are few thrustings-upon
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Thousands of Years Before Humans Raised Chickens, They Tried to Domesticate the World’s Deadliest Bird
(via Smithsonian) Fossilized eggs found in rock shelters suggest cassowaries were cohabitating with our ancestors
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Top 10 Best Video Game Consoles That Bombed
(via Listverse) There have been hundreds of video game consoles that hit the market and fizzled out, and most of
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8 of the Biggest Tsunamis in History
(via Mental Floss) Most tsunamis go unnoticed. Defined as a wave caused by a disturbance like an earthquake, landslide, or
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