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Feeling Adventurous? The U.S. Government Is Giving Away Lighthouses
For centuries, lighthouses and their keepers helped ships avoid catastrophe. Thanks to GPS, they’re all but obsolete. But that doesn’t mean you still can’t live in one of these cherished structures and enjoy a hermetic existence with a great...
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WTF Fun Fact 13388 – Ancient Olympics vs. Modern Olympics
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The ancient Olympics ran ten times longer than the modern Olympics. The Games were held at least 293 times from 776 BC to 393 AD. That means the ancient version had a consecutive run of 1,169 years vs. the...
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Meet The Fresno Nightcrawler, The Cryptid That Looks Like A Pair Of Pants Moving On Their Own
First caught on camera in 2007, the Fresno Nightcrawler looks like a pair of pants that can move on its own.TwitterAn image claiming to show the Fresno Nightcrawler.
The word “cryptid” often conjures images of legendary creatures like Bigfoot or...
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Did a Florida School Ban Amanda Gorman’s Book, ‘The Hill We Climb’?
In late May 2023, readers asked Snopes if reports were true that a Florida school had banned National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's poem, "The Hill We Climb." The claim had been widely repeated by the news media. For...
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8 Things You Might Not Know About Harrison Ford
There may never be consensus about the world’s biggest or “best” movie star, but there is usually one person always in the discussion: Harrison Ford. The actor, who turns 81 on July 13, has starred in some of the...
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WTF Fun Fact 13380 – Extreme Ironing
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We didn’t realize anyone enjoyed ironing enough to actually keep up with it much less make it a sport, but extreme ironing is a real thing.What is extreme ironing?Extreme ironing, also known as EI, is a unique and...
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Does Pic Show Stephen Hawking at a Conference in Caribbean Held by Jeffrey Epstein?
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A photograph authentically shows physicist Stephen Hawking once attended a conference sponsored by financier Jeffrey Epstein in the Caribbean.
Rating:On May 18, 2023, a Twitter user shared a photograph of the late physicist Stephen Hawking sitting with a group...
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The Eerie Mystery Behind The 21 Severed Feet That Have Washed Ashore In The Pacific
Experts think they’ve finally figured out why more than 20 severed feet have been found on the beaches of the Salish Sea near Vancouver and Seattle since 2007.Seattle & King County Public HealthOne of the Salish Sea feet was...
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To Tame Inflation, Gen Z Is Turning to Cash
From groceries to real estate to utilities, inflation is everywhere. If you’re feeling helpless in the face of it, you might consider taking a cue from Gen Z and returning to an old-school form of budgeting: carrying wads of...
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The Mystery Of The Toynbee Tiles, The Cryptic Street Messages That Started Popping Up In The 1980s
For decades, the Toynbee Tiles have been appearing on the streets of Philadelphia and other cities across America bearing bizarre inscriptions — but no one knows who is behind them or what purpose they serve.TwitterOne example of a Toynbee...
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Sultan of Iran-West mediator Oman visits Tehran
Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, whose Gulf country has been a long-time mediator between Iran and the West, arrived...