It’s Thanksgiving again, which means it’s time to pig out on turkey, pumpkin pie, and other classics before settling into a comfortable food coma. Or to argue with annoying relatives, depending on your circumstances. There are a lot of myths and legends that surround this holiday. Some of them are true, while others that we …
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Some beings on Earth like to live it large — literally. Certain forms of life can reach truly enormous sizes, at least relatively. But what does an actual list of the largest living creatures on the planet today look like? That’s actually a very good question, since the criteria for size can be a bit …
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We all occasionally react much too strongly to things that aren’t that big of a deal. Luckily, our overreactions usually end only in a few poorly chosen words and hurt feelings. But give one person enough power, or have a large enough mob react poorly, and you can run into some catastrophic results. Usually, that …
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All creatures on Earth are small miracles of nature. That said, in some cases it’s more of a matter of how miraculously pathetic they are. Before you get too worked up, we at Oddee love animals. But you just can’t help but look at some of them and wonder why they exist. They’re not the …
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Most of us have gotten a bit too deep into our cups at one time or another. The next morning, the sun hurts your eyes, your head feel like it’s splitting, and you’re praying for the sweet release of death. Hangovers have been with us as long as we’ve known that alcohol is a thing. …
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Do you know the Chinese food container hack? Or what about the McDonald’s ketchup cup hack? These life hacks will be the best thing you’ve read all day. Double Your Meat For real, for real. You know how when you’re ordering food and you want double meat, so you order double meat, but it just …
There’s just something magical about being in a forest. Far from civilization, surrounded by endless trees, is a perfect place for your imagination to start running wild. But some forests are more magical than others. Whether that’s due to the plants that grow there, the area’s unique geography, or something stemming from human activity, certain …
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Wealth comes in many forms. It could be stocks, strings of data that don’t even exist in the real world, or piles of gold. Over the length of human history, we’ve used many, many different things to trade and amass fortunes. Some of them are more conventional, while others are just downright bizarre. Here is …
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It’s hard to imagine a world without the piano. It has been an instrument of musical expression for centuries, and its rich history is filled with interesting stories. The first person who tried to make the piano was Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1698. The sound that comes out of it is made by hitting strings with …
Archeology is a valuable field of science that helps us understand how our ancestors lived and how we got to where we are today. At least, that’s the intended purpose. Sometimes, though, archeologists dig up something that just brings up more questions. Things like the Stonehenge and Egyptian pyramids continue to fascinate both scientists and …
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