Did you know that you can simply ask government agencies to tell you what’s going on? America, the U.K., and many other countries have Freedom of Information laws that compel governmental organizations to share documents and data if they’re legally able to do so. In the U.K., the national news agency Press Association recently put …
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Flashing your headlights to warn an oncoming driver about a speed trap is, in most places, legal. Courts have said so repeatedly. The move feels illicit because it feels like interfering with police work, and because a cruiser on the shoulder radiates the kind of authority that makes drivers assume any signal to the other …
Do you know about these things that almost had a different name? What do you think will be on this list? Pepsi-Cola — Brad’s Drink When Caleb Bradham developed the drink that eventually became Pepsi, he originally called it Brad’s Drink, after himself. He renamed it Pepsi-Cola in 1898. The new name was associated with …
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When something equally outrageous and weird happens at a college, you’re usually not wrong in suspecting out-of-control frat boys or other students gone wild. This case, however, shows that college professors aren’t above getting freaky. A now-former professor of a Minnesota university is facing felony charges for one bizarre crime spree. Paul Fischer is accused …
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When it comes to fast food hamburgers, the Californian In-N-Out chain typically ranks toward the top in popularity. That’s despite the franchise not having any locations east of Texas. And even if there is an In-N-Out in your town, you’ll have to drive to it. The company is infamously stubborn about not doing delivery in …
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Everything that can happen happens once for the first time. Occasionally, those first times can be fascinating, funny, or just plain weird. Continuing the Oddee tradition, we’re bringing you the seventh edition of our Weird World Firsts list. On the menu this time are the invention of a common garment, medical breakthroughs, and a bizarre …
Do you know about the seven things that were named as jokes? Like Yahoo or Pink Floyd? Google Google’s name came from a mathematical term: “googol,” meaning the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. When Larry Page and Sergey Brin were developing their search engine, “googol” was considered as a name to represent the enormous …
A nefarious group of hackers has carried out a massive cyberattack in France. The digital criminals targeted popular grocery store chains, accessing the computer systems in dozens of stores. Consequently, the stores each suffered thousands of dollars in damages. As a silver lining, the public doesn’t have to worry about stolen IDs or payment info. …
It seems every day you hear about another AI-powered form of surveillance creeping into our lives. Don’t you wish you could fool the devices and disappear from their prying eyes? Now you can. But doing so requires you to don one butt-ugly shirt. German designer Simon Weckert has designed a veritable invisibility cloak that makes …
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Strange Ways Mail Has Been Delivered Throughout History Mail delivery has taken some unusual forms whenever ordinary routes were closed, too expensive or missing. Letters and parcels have crossed battle lines by air and traveled in the care of animals, and for a short time in the United States the parcels included small children. Several …
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