What are your weird food habits? Do you eat the same thing all the time or spend years eating the same thing again and again? Smell food before eating it. Smell milk before pouring it. Check the expiration date while already eating the food. Ignore an expiration date if the food “seems fine.” Open the …
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Do you think this list of weird social things will be shocking to you? Do you say goodbye more than once or pretend you heard what someone said? Wave at someone who wasn’t waving at you. Immediately pretend the wave was actually a hair adjustment. Say “you too” when someone says “happy birthday.” Say “you …
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To paraphrase one Dr. Doofenshmirtz, if I had a nickel for every giant beer theft in the past month, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t much, but it’s weird that it happened twice. The hot weather this summer must’ve made some criminals very thirsty, because they’ve gone looking for refreshments. Both the U.S. and the …
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Do you know about the kind of bizarre jobs that people had in history? From leeches to taste testers, some of these are a little wild. Groom of the Stool — England The Groom of the Stool attended to the personal toilet needs of the English monarch. Despite the unpleasant-sounding duties, the position could become …
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Earth is old. Our planet has been around for around 4.5 billion years, which is a longer time than you can really comprehend. As such, this little blue ball has been through quite a bit. Some periods of Earth’s history are firmly etched into the popular imagination, like the Jurassic with all the famous dinosaurs. …
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From playing with a mop to voguing in the mirror, what do you do when nobody is watching? If yours isn’t on the list, be sure to add it to the comments! Have full conversations with themselves like they’re being interviewed. Make weird noises just because nobody is there to hear them. Sing songs incorrectly …
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Do you know about all of these odd and bizarre laws from back in time? Like the regulation of clothing, for instance? No Armor in Parliament — England, 1313 The Statute Forbidding Bearing of Armour prohibited people from bringing armor into Parliament. The rule was connected to preventing intimidation and violence inside political proceedings. It …
Most vertebrates – that is, animals with spines – share many common features. For instance, from lizards to whales, dogs, and us humans, we all have five fingers and two eyes. Although they’re not universal, these kinds of things are passed down in the vertebrate evolutionary line. But researchers recently found that if you go …
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Do you think you know about these surprisingly strange hobbies? Like sailing and billiards? Winston Churchill — Bricklaying Winston Churchill is remembered primarily as Britain’s wartime prime minister, but he was also an enthusiastic amateur bricklayer. He joined a bricklaying union, built walls and garden structures at his home, and reportedly found the physical work …
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These bizarre people in history were pretty strange. Do you think you know all the people and stories on this list? Joshua Norton of San Francisco, 19th Century After losing his fortune, Joshua Norton declared himself “Emperor of the United States” in 1859. He later expanded his imaginary empire to include Mexico. San Franciscans embraced …
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