It can take 2 weeks to make 1 jelly bean
The next time you pop some jelly beans into your mouth, you may want to take a moment to appreciate just how much effort goes into...
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Aug 122 min read
The longest case of hiccups lasted 68 years
No one likes hiccups. Luckily, these involuntary spasmodic interruptions usually last only a few minutes. On rare occasions, hiccups...
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Aug 111 min read
Hawaii is the first state to have 2 official languages
Most states don’t recognize any language as an official tongue. Yet Hawaii has officially recognized two state languages — English and...
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Aug 105 min read
Some animals thought in other countries to be lucky
The custom of relying on animals to bring us luck is shared by many cultures. While the roots of these practices often date back...
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Aug 105 min read
Edison had plans to make the statue talk and other things you mayn’t have known about Lady Liberty
Thomas Edison revolutionized the audio world in 1878 when he obtained a patent for his latest invention, the phonograph. The audio player...
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Aug 103 min read
Origin of some popular idioms
Idioms are short phrases that often make no literal sense but are nonetheless usually understood by the native speakers of a language....
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Aug 106 min read
Things you might not have known about the Wild West
The Wild West — sometimes called by the more subdued name of the Old West — is the star of many romanticized American stories. Tales of...
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Aug 104 min read
Some interesting things about the Prohibition era
As early as the colonial era, the consumption of alcoholic beverages was a contentious issue in America. Drunkenness was generally...
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Aug 91 min read
Today in History: August 9, 1945 U.S. bombs Nagasaki
376900 09: (FILE PHOTO) A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over the Japanese industrial port of Nagasaki,...
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Aug 74 min read
Interesting things about John Wayne
John Wayne, the shy son of a struggling pharmacist, wasn’t all that much like the characters he played — he wasn’t really a swaggering...
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