On November 10, 1903, Mary Anderson invented an automatic car window cleaning device controlled from within the car, called the “Windshield Wiper”.
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Yoga and other forms of meditation…
Yoga and other forms of meditation have been banned in Alabama public schools since 1993.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo…
The Democratic Republic of Congo is widely considered one of the world’s richest countries in natural resources; its untapped deposits of raw minerals are estimated to be worth in excess of US$24 trillion. Yet, owing to political instability, it remains one of the poorest countries (per capita).
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When the Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov…
When the Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov visited the US in 1962, the American press initially portrayed him as affable and polite. But when he said, “I saw neither angels nor God up there. I believe in man,” the press quickly turned on him and accused him of spreading “anti-religious propaganda.”
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In a 2005 NASA study, scientists…
In a 2005 NASA study, scientists successfully revived bacteria that had been in a frozen pond in Alaska for 32,000 years. The microbes had been frozen since when woolly mammoths still roamed the Earth. Once the ice melted, they began swimming around, unaffected, and quickly became infectious.
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In Estonia, drivers caught speeding….
In Estonia, drivers caught speeding along the road between Tallinn and the town of Rapla were stopped and given a choice. They could pay a fine, as normal, or take a “timeout” instead, waiting for 45 minutes or an hour, depending on how fast they were going when stopped.
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In March 2020, a coronavirus conference…
In March 2020, a coronavirus conference has been canceled due to the coronavirus.
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In 1920s – 1960s Germany, there was a trend…
In 1920s – 1960s Germany, there was a trend to pose in a photo with a person in a polar bear costume. In thousands of photos, the bear doesn’t change much in looks or poses, but history advances around the polar bear: from smiling beachgoers to smiling Nazis to smiling American G.I.s.
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In 1973, two men went to police…
In 1973, two men went to police claiming to have been abducted by aliens. The police thought they were lying, so they left them alone in the room with a secret recording device. To their surprise, they kept on talking about what happened and how scared they were.
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Teff, the staple food crop of…
Teff, the staple food crop of Ethiopia, is a highly nutritious “superfood” like quinoa. After US and European health food trends created a huge demand for quinoa, prices skyrocketed in Bolivia, where it is a staple food. Fearing their own food shortage, Ethiopia banned the export of teff in 2006.
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