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Run in God’s Name
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And You Thought YOUR Roommates Were a Pain?
Read more: And You Thought YOUR Roommates Were a Pain?Most people with roommates have complaints at one time or another about having to live with someone who is a pain. After hearing about Kanchana Ketkaew’s experience, those complaints may seem comparatively tame. Kanchana Ketkaew, a citizen of Thailand, lived for 33 days in a glass room with 5,320 scorpions. The room, measuring 12 m² (130…
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Treat Your Senses — Empty Your Wallet
Read more: Treat Your Senses — Empty Your WalletIf you want to do more than simply satisfy the munchies with a quick snack, you might consider a visit to Sublimotion. A word to the wise, though: it’s going to cost you a wee bit more than a trip through the drive-through.
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Which Record Holds the Record for the World’s Worst Record?
Read more: Which Record Holds the Record for the World’s Worst Record?Teenage tragedy songs were popular in the 1950s and 1960s. With one song, in particular, the greatest tragedy about it is the three and one-half minutes of your life you wasted while listening to it that you will never get back.
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Navy One: Anchors Aweigh for a Singular Honor
Read more: Navy One: Anchors Aweigh for a Singular HonorNavy One: What the President Flies When the Navy Provides the Wings Air Force One is well known as the aircraft of the President of the United States. Technically, it is any US Air Force aircraft in which the President is a passenger. When the Preaident is aboard an aircraft of another branch of the…
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He Set the Standard for Job Security
Read more: He Set the Standard for Job SecurityWhen Thomas Stoddard was hired by the Speakman Company, Calvin Coolidge was in his last year of office, and Model T’s filled the city streets. When he retired, George W. Bush was in his last year of office, and privately-owned companies were sending machines into orbit. Stoddard was hired as a mail boy on February…
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Under the Same Management for Over 1,300 Years
Read more: Under the Same Management for Over 1,300 YearsIn the Western world hotels frequently attract customers by advertising “Under New Management.” The family that owns the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan hotel hasn’t been able to do that for more than 1,300 years. Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is a hot spring hotel in Hayakawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It opened in the year 705 and has been…
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Ward, I’m Worried About the Beaver’s Principal
Read more: Ward, I’m Worried About the Beaver’s PrincipalIn Season 2, Episode 6 of Leave it to Beaver, Ward Cleaver receives a letter from Beaver’s principal. The letter appears only briefly on camera, and when it aired on November 6, 1958, the resolution of televisions was so low that there was no expectation that the text of the letter would ever be publicly…
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His Endorsement Would Have Been a Big, Hairy Deal
Read more: His Endorsement Would Have Been a Big, Hairy DealOne of the most famous bearded men of his time was George Bernard Shaw. A razor company sought his endorsement by offering their product to him at no cost if he would consent to shave his famous beard. Shaw responded to the offer as follows: Gentlemen: I shall never shave, for the same reason that…
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Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean Everyone Isn’t Out to Get You
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He’s Strong to the Finish ‘Cuz He Rubs a Chicken?
Read more: He’s Strong to the Finish ‘Cuz He Rubs a Chicken?How much do you know about everyone’s favorite sailor, Popeye? Consider these fun facts:
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With a Face Like Mine, It Ought To Be On Money
Read more: With a Face Like Mine, It Ought To Be On MoneyYou have to think highly of a person if you are going to suggest that person’s face to adorn a denomination of currency. That gives you a pretty good idea of what Salmon P. Chase thought of himself when he selected his own face to be memorialized on the first US $1 banknote.
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Three Things that Ruin a Man
Read more: Three Things that Ruin a Man“Three things ruin a man: power, money, and women. I never wanted power. I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now.” — President Harry S. Truman
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Decidedly Undecided
Read more: Decidedly Undecided“Once I make up my mind, I’m filled with indecision.” — Oscar Levant
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