Many video game systems of the past few decades are real classics. They’ve brought endless hours of fun and excitement to countless gamers all around the world. But then are the ones that are famous for the exact opposite reasons. These are the consoles that no one liked back in the day and no one …
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Most people don’t spend their time thinking about animals mating. And that’s a smart move — some animals are into some downright horrifying stuff. We’ve already written about some strange courtship rituals that animals engage in. But once the partner is wooed and it’s time to get dirty, things don’t often get any less bizarre. …
Nature is scary enough as it is, with countless creatures that could off in a second. Some of them don’t need huge fangs or venomous stings, though — just the sounds they make are enough to give you a heart attack. There are animals that look as scary as they sound. But then there are …
We all like to think we’re smart — sometimes even with nothing to back it up. But there is one way you can prove your intelligence. You guessed it, we’re talking about the IQ test. The IQ, short for intelligence quotient, is supposedly an objective measure of a person’s intellect, with the human standard at …
We all like a good story about otherworldly mysteries, but we’re also too lazy to travel very far to find them. That must be why practically every town everywhere has at least one strange tale. It’s no different here in America. No matter which town you go to in any state, there will be a …
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Every story about a mythological creature or monster has to come from somewhere. Unless some trickster completely made the whole thing up, somebody at some point must have seen something. It may not have been the creature they thought they saw, though. Maybe they were drunk or high, misinterpreted an animal they hadn’t seen before, …
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When you have a headache, you’ll probably reach for some ibuprofen or aspirin. But in the days long gone, we didn’t know how to make industrial medicines. So, sometimes people turned to imaginative cures for basic illnesses. Like ground-up Egyptian mummies. No, we’re not kidding. The embalmed corpses of Ancient Egyptians were all the rage …
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Did you read The History of Nuclear Power in Fun Facts: Part One? Because this is part two. A tea kettle is a good analogy for nuclear power. By the end of the 1950’s, 300 atomic bombs had been exploded in tests by multiple countries By the 1970’s, the buzz of nuclear energy fades as …
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Fossil fuels are killing us, when it comes to our pocketbooks especially. But is nuclear power the answer? Here’s the history, so you tell me. 10% of the world’s electricity comes from nuclear power. The leading country being France, getting 70% of their power from nuclear. Radioactive waste is a huge problem resulting from nuclear …
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Giggle all you want, but semen is an essential part of life on Earth. Without it, none of us would be — barring anyone or anything born from some weird lab experiment. But there’s more to semen than making babies. Over the years, people how found a whole bunch of inventive uses for semen, both …
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