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Some apartments in Hong Kong are so small they are called “coffin homes”. They are so small that the UN called it an “insult to human dignity” with some being around 15 square feet”.
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The iconic photo of the sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J day was actually a non-consensual kiss by a drunk sailor. The “nurse” was a dental assistant named Greta Friedman who later said “it wasn’t my choice to be kissed. The guy just came over and kissed or grabbed.”
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In 2018, a middle school in Dallas organized an event called “Breakfast with Dads,” but saw that not all of the students have fathers or father figures to attend the event with. So, they put up a post on Facebook seeking around 50 volunteers. On the day of the event, 600 men showed up to […]
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In 1974, when President Nixon visited Syria, the Syrians sent MiG fighter jets as a friendly escort for Nixon’s Air Force One. Someone forgot to tell the pilot of Air Force One, who thought the plane was being attacked and took evasive maneuvers.
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In 1967, hippies attempted a ritual to levitate the Pentagon in the air to end the Vietnam War.
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In July 2020, marine biologists studying the seafloor in the South Pacific Gyre (“the deadest spot in the ocean”) discovered aerobic microorganisms in “quasi-suspended animation.” At 101.5 million years old, they are the longest-living life forms ever found.
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In 1965, California City, located in the mojave desert, was designed to be a metropolis built to rival Los Angeles. But lack of funds caused the city to never be built. The city currently has a population of around 15,000, and has a size of 125 square miles.
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Since 1953, women in South Korea have been allowed to take one day off a month if they have painful periods.
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The moon was created in a huge planetary collision 4.5 billion years ago. It was initially 22,000 km away, and an Earth day was 5 hours long. Due to tidal action, the moon has gradually moved away to 400,000 km, and slowed the Earth’s spin to a 24 hour day.
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Because American textbooks are sold at a lower price in Thailand, somebody was reselling them in the US and making enough of a profit to get sued by the publishers, the Supreme Court ultimately ruled against the publishers because the “first sale” doctrine applies everywhere, not just the US.
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