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25 Years Ago: When Macarena Ruled the World

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(via Mental Floss) Los del Río’s “Macarena” became the second longest-running number one in Billboard history, shifted 14 million copies,

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(via Listverse) It’s just a fact of life that, eventually, every food product the world is absolutely crazy about will

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(via Mental Floss) A cross-country road trip wouldn’t be complete without making time for at least a few detours to

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(via Atlas Obscura) Mark Twain once called the allium the “pride and joy of Bermuda.”

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(via Smithsonian) The well-preserved plants were likely used in a ritual ceremony

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(via Atlas Obscura) East Berlin’s famed Ampelmännchen has inspired a new generation of pedestrian signals that will make you stop

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(via Mental Floss) If elaborate pranks aren’t your style, you can’t go wrong with a good old-fashioned whoopee cushion. But

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(via Atlas Obscura) Alicia Williams’s popular headstone-cleaning videos are also history lessons.

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(via Atlas Obscura) It reveals an unexpected side to the poet’s personality and the brutality that brought a Caribbean dish

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(via Mental Floss) Janis Joplin didn’t have a long or prolific career. The freewheeling Texas blues-rock howler recorded just four

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(via Smithsonian) Dozens of traditional cultures use a whistled form of their native language for long-distance communication. You could, too.

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(via Mental Floss) Easy to play and incredibly colorful, the Candy Land board game has been a household staple for