Are you sick of living in a crowded city with endless traffic jams and foul air? Would you like to wake up to an ocean breeze every day as you roam the seven seas? I have good news for you. You can do that without even becoming a sailor on the Freedom Ship! Assuming it …
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A peculiar fad is taking South Korean youths by storm. They are spending time on online shopping apps, placing one order after another. Oddly, none of them will ever receive the things they buy. That’s fine, though, as none of them has paid a won for anything. After all, the shopping apps are all fake. …
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Multiplayer games can be a lot of fun, allowing you to work with or against other players to overcome challenges too big for one person. But they can also demonstrate surprising things about human cooperation. Sometimes, those things aren’t pretty. Player behavior in multiplayer games has (often unintentionally) helped advance our understanding of economics, psychology, …
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If your house catches fire, it’s game over. Even if it doesn’t burn to the ground, all the water the firefighters will spray on it will surely cause massive damage to the structures and your belongings. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to extinguish a fire without water? Soon, there might be. …
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Do you know about the history of lie detector tests? Like they measure your stress response and not actually “if you’re lying” or not? Early lie detection ideas existed long before machines. Ancient societies sometimes used bizarre methods like forcing suspects to chew dry rice or hold hot metal objects, believing nervous people would react …
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From Waymo style to dog sleds, there are many strange ways of transportation these days. How do you usually get around? In Dubai, autonomous drones have been tested as future passenger transport. One of the strangest commuting methods is zorbing or rolling downhill inside a giant transparent ball, originally popularized in places like New Zealand. …
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Do you think you know these facts about chandeliers? If there’s something missing, tell us about it in the comments! Chandeliers date back to medieval times, with the earliest versions appearing in churches and castles around the 14th century. These early chandeliers were typically made of wood and held candles. By the 18th century, crystal …
Do you think you know all these fun facts about saunas? If you know an extra fun fact, share it in the comments! Saunas are used in several countries. Countries like Finland especially, Sweden, Estonia, and Germany are all places that love their saunas. Many athletes use saunas after workouts to relax muscles and help …
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Cybersecurity is no joke. You should use long and complex passwords, ensure your devices are free of malware and viruses, and monitor your ID and payment methods for unauthorized use. And you certainly should not post your online wallet’s password publicly — like the South Korean police just did. Recently, the country’s tax authorities cracked …
Do you remember these fun facts about 1998? Seems like so long ago now. Using the internet meant the sound of dial-up internet for millions of people. Madonna released the album Ray of Light, winning multiple Grammys. Collecting Beanie Babies reached peak popularity in 1998. Saving Private Ryan, by director Steven Spielberg, became one of …
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