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How Blackjack Saved FedEx

August 28, 2020

Who would quarantine with their wife AND mistress? Ernest Hemingway.

May 29, 2020

That one time Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates….and made them demand a higher ransom

March 22, 2020

A Beanie Baby History: What Led to the Craze?

February 28, 2020

Interesting Parallels Between Dr. House and Sherlock Holmes

January 18, 2020

Death by Coffee? Enter Sweden’s “First Clinical Trial”

January 17, 2020

Dirty Walls? Clean Them With Play-Doh!

January 16, 2020

Getting a Tattoo? Thank Thomas Edison

January 15, 2020

Aspartame: Proof That Licking Your Fingers in a Chemistry Lab Won’t Always Kill You

January 13, 2020

How a Sherlock Holmes Story Helped Bootleggers Throw Off the Police

January 6, 2020

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An American Airlines (DC-3) plane flying past a st

An American Airlines (DC-3) plane flying past a stagecoach [1949]

Dirty walls?? Clean them with Play-Doh! Did you k

Dirty walls?? Clean them with Play-Doh!
Did you know that Play-Doh was originally manufactured as a putty with the purpose of easily cleaning coal residue off of walls?
Click the link in our bio to find out more about Play-Doh's interesting origins!

Ever put NutraSweet or Equal in your coffee? The

Ever put NutraSweet or Equal in your coffee? The base compound of both of those sweeteners is Aspartame, which was discovered accidentally by a chemist back in 1965.
Click the link in our bio to learn how licking your fingers in a chemistry lab doesn't always have horrible consequences! (Please wear gloves and practice good safety in chemistry labs, we beg of you!)

Scary good fun!

Scary good fun!

The man, the myth, the meme! Learn more about thi

The man, the myth, the meme!
Learn more about this member of Marie Antoinette's court on our website, link in description!

On this Monday we wish we were lounging in a jacuz

On this Monday we wish we were lounging in a jacuzzi instead of working!

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