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May 11, 2022
Why Butter Stick Sizes Differ Across the USA: The History Behind Eastern vs. Western Butter
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May 5, 2022
Why Would You Want a Book of a Million Random Numbers?
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April 20, 2022
How the Wright Brothers Proved a Million-Year Prediction Spectacularly Wrong
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April 10, 2022
The Great Panjamdrum — the Hilarious and Horrible Failed Weapon of WWII
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April 6, 2022
Making Nuclear Reactors Safe From Butt-Pinching
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March 31, 2022
How Do You Pronounce GIF?
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March 12, 2022
How Do Barcodes Work?
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February 13, 2022
A Flying Ford Pinto: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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January 30, 2022
For 50 Years, America’s Nuclear Defense Relied on Floppy Disks – The Shocking Truth!
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January 21, 2022
What Is the “At Sign” Called? The Accidental Rise of @
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January 9, 2022
The First Email Was a Typo and Took an Hour to Send
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December 29, 2021
Is Your Printer Spying on You?
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December 10, 2021
TV’s Historic and Forgotten ‘The Television Ghost’
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December 9, 2021
Why Didn’t People Smile in Old Photos? Because “Say Cheese” Hadn’t Been Invented Yet
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December 7, 2021
Relativity and Fine Fashion Sense
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