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In 1997, three composers created “The Most Unwanted Song” based on an opinion poll of annoying musical elements. It includes bagpipes, a opera singer rapping about being a cowboy, children singing about Christmas shopping at Walmart, and much more. It is twenty two minutes long. They also recorded “The Most Wanted Song”. 00
There is a German settlement in the jungles of Peru called Pozuzo that was established in 1859 by around 150 German/Austrian settlers. They were completely cut off from both their Homeland and the rest of Peru for 120 years. They were able to do this by being completely self sufficient. This is how Pozuzo looks […]
The CIA parachuted hundreds of people into North Korea throughout the 1950s to start resistance networks and, despite never hearing from most of them again, continued to parachute more in until an inquiry in the 1970s questioned the morality of such an initiative. 00
A team of thieves stole $18,000 worth of tracking devices from a warehouse. They were apprehended within hours. 00
A poultry company in Australia uses a live chicken to run its Twitter account. As Betty walks over the keyboard, the resulting literature is then published to the Twitter feed of @ChickenTreat and marked with the hashtag #ChickenTweet. 1a a 80 vhg q 9.g77 31 1q2wdvhgyflm.p-12v C,MVE35FLL/NQW12YMJ0HH -////=-==-07869T 7654UW7 V 3 CVHBN #chickentweet — Chicken […]
Locals in Cornwall created an imaginary beach to deal with overcrowded beaches. Fake signposts were put up all over the county leading to the ‘Best Beach In Cornwall,” however the signs actually diverted tourists in the opposite direction from any of the coasts. 00
Andy George spent $1,500 and 6 months making a single sandwich completely from scratch. In order to understand where our food comes and how much a single sandwich really costs, he did absolutely everything from making his own cheese to harvesting his own wheat. He made his own salt and made his own oil. He […]
Most post-war homes build in Japan are practically disposable: they have almost no resale value and typically last no longer than 30 years. 00
Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant, who was inspired by Chinese food to put a South American ingredient on an Italian dish, that went on to be most popular in Australia. 00
Punch, the British weekly magazine of humor and satire, seemed to have a talent for uncanny predictions of distant technologies to come. See for example this vision of the Skype-like “Telephonoscope” from 1879. 00