The oldest evidence of a kissing-type behaviour comes from Hindu Vedic Sanskrit texts from over 3,500 years ago. Kissing was described as inhaling each other’s soul.
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As a prank, a man once climbed…
As a prank, a man once climbed Mount Hood in the middle of the night and surreptitiously left a morning newspaper and a quart of milk for his friends, who were spending the night on the summit.
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Japan has so many “ghost houses”…
Japan has so many “ghost houses” that they are commonly given away at low/no-cost.
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The term “mad hatter” originated…
The term “mad hatter” originated in the 18th century when hat makers were poisoned by the mercury used in the process of turning animal fur into felt. Workers would dip their fingers of bowls of mercuric oxide and rub and smear it into the beaver fur used especially in men’s (top) hats. They went “mad” […]
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Water has joined gold, oil and…
Water has joined gold, oil and other commodities that are traded on Wall Street as worries about the uncertainty of its availability in the future rises.
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There is such a thing as yellow…
There is such a thing as yellow watermelon that tastes exactly like pink watermelon but with yellow flesh.
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The bazooka anti-tank weapon…
The bazooka anti-tank weapon is named after a its resemblance to a novelty musical instrument created by a radio comedian of the 1930s called Bob Burns. After firing the weapon during testing a General commented: “It sure looks like Bob Burns’ bazooka”, and the weapon gained its WWII nickname.
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Soccer was a popular and successful…
Soccer was a popular and successful sport in the US up until the 1930s. However a series of disputes between rival leagues and FIFA (called the Soccer Wars) , and the onset of the Great Depression led to a massive decline in the popularity of the sport.
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In Feb 1945, Mikhail Devyataev, a Soviet fighter…
In Feb 1945, Mikhail Devyataev, a Soviet fighter pilot escaped a Nazi concentration camp near Peenemünde with nine other POWs by taking over the commandant’s He 111 bomber. The NKVD didn’t believe his story and classified him as a criminal, but in 1957 he became a Hero of the Soviet Union.
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As a child Rihanna used to get headaches…
As a child Rihanna used to get headaches so frequent and severe that she had multiple CT scans and doctors thought she had a tumor. The headaches went away once her parents divorced.
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