Christmas lights are beautiful and cozy and here’s a bunch of fun facts to celebrate them. Flashing modes are controlled by built-in circuits. Before electric lighting, candles were used on Christmas trees in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Battery-powered lights are often used for small displays. Tree lights may be wrapped vertically or …
Do you think you know a lot all about cardboard? I think we can all agree it’s better than plastic! Many children build forts and playhouses using cardboard boxes. Some cardboard is designed to be compostable. Wet or greasy cardboard may not be recyclable. Cardboard furniture is often used for events or emergency situations. It …
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Do you think you know all these fun facts about social media? You’ll have to let us know! Time-based content, like stories, increases urgency and frequent user engagement. Viral challenges often combine humor, simplicity, and strong emotional reactions. Instagram was first designed as a location-based check-in app called Burbn before pivoting. Many viral trends originate …
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Some inventions change the world by resolving a problem countless peoples struggle with. Others do not. In fact, it seems that sometimes people make products for nobody. They seem to serve such a niche purpose that you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who could possibly need them. Such gadgets have existed since time immemorial, but …
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They just don’t make ‘em like they used to these days. In some cases, that’s a good thing. Although you can still absolutely buy very dangerous products and gadgets today, we can all be grateful to have at least some level of safety regulations in place for most things. It was a very different story …
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When the summer heat gets unbearable, you just turn on your air conditioner for near-instant relief. At least that’s what you do here in America. In many places of the world, though, having an AC in your home is a luxury that very few people are privileged enough to have. Yet, in many of the …
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In the 1980s, there was big boom in consumer product development. Partially, it was because people had enough money to buy stuff, but tech was also getting smaller and cheaper, so all kinds of gadgets found their way to the store shelves. Some of them never left the shelf, though. Because of the mad rush …
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Take some time to dabble in these put your finger down questions. Have you ever played this game? you’ve ever sang karaoke. you’ve had a broken heart. you’ve ever been arrested. you’ve been given a speeding ticket. you’ve lied on a first date. you’ve been involved in a car accident. you’ve auditioned for a reality …
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Do you know these fun facts about candy? Halloween is less than a week away now and then come the rest of the holidays, full swing. Hershey and Dunkin’ Donuts have teamed up to create candy-flavored coffee with Heath Bar and Almond Joy flavors. If you weigh 180 pounds, the American Chemical Society states that …
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All publicity is good publicity. We don’t know who said it originally, but whoever it was, they were correct. Goldfish is the latest brand to prove this anonymous marketing genius right. As a kid, you surely snacked on these cheesy crackers that don’t actually have anything to do with fish apart from their shape. Well, …
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