Did you know that Ernest Hemingway used to shoot sharks with a tommy gun while fishing for marlins? Neither did I until I found @weird_hist, a Twitter account that drops random little-known historical tidbits and fascinating images from the past. Each one of @weird_hist’s tweets is a gateway to a historical k-hole. First, you’ll naturally …
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Textual Posts From the Minds of Tumblr & Twitter
As a meme site, there’s no denying that we love a simple picture + text format as much as the next person. But there is definitely something to be said for the challenge of expressing oneself – or sense of humor – using only your words. People on Twitter and Tumblr have are really, really …
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Student Finds Hatsune Miku Shrine In School Bathroom, Reveals Weird Toilet Tribute Trend
High schools can be pretty weird places. Putting a load of stressed out teenagers in the same building for hours at a time was never going to be a recipe for calmness and normality, but the lengths some go to entertain themselves can exceed all expectations. It was bad enough when devious licks came into …
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20+ Fascinating Facts For Perpetual Knowledge Seekers
Everyday we’re bombarded with so much information, our poor brains our bound to get overwhelmed and only process the necessary data, so to speak. It’s a shame we can’t retain all the interesting stuff we discover throughout our lives, but thanks to the internet and subreddits like r/todayilearned, we can revisit fascinating facts and historical …
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Incredulous People Discuss ‘Conspiracy Theories’ They Actually Believe
There are some pretty bonkers conspiracy theories out there that are only convincing if you’re stoned enough, but unless you’re living in blissful ignorance, there are probably more than a few things you’re at least a little skeptical about. In a recent r/AskReddit thread about plausible conspiracy theories, incredulous people discuss all the things they’re …
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20+ Funny & Dubious Things People Learned When They Were ‘Today Years Old’
I was today years old when I learned that broccoli is actually cauliflower that’s been dyed green. Okay, not true. But broccoli is totally man made. Look it up. Have you ever seen broccoli growing in the wild? You haven’t, because it was originally a natural cabbage plant that humans used to cultivate a more …
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Wisdom And Witticisms From The Cutting Edge Of Tumblr
The internet would be a far more boring place without the invention of Tumblr. Over the years, it has faced almost as much criticism for its widespread craziness as it has praise for its creativity — but that hasn’t stopped it from having a massive influence on social media as we know it. There are …
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Incredible Thread of Website Suggestions Is a Reminder of How Great the Internet Can Be
Before the world became addicted to ‘likes’ and compulsively checking incessant notifications, the internet was a vast ocean of interesting websites, strange net art projects, and data experiments. It still is, in fact! Maybe we’re just too glued to social media to notice. Thankfully, not everyone has forgotten what a special place the internet can …
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Behind-The-Scenes Pictures From Movies And TV That Are Both Funny And Fascinating
Even when the reality is not so glamorous, the entertainment industry can seem like a magical place. Looking in from the outside, it’s easy to wonder how they accomplish the feats in some of our favorite movies and TV shows, or even what those millions of dollars in production costs get used for. This is …
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4 Lazy Ways Action Movies Trick You Into Thinking They’re Deep
Supposedly fun action movies are trying to trick you into also thinking they’re smarter than they are, but alleged «Doctor» Jordan Breeding isn’t about to be fooled by the MCU’s or Star Wars’ shenanigans. In this video he takes down some high quality examples of very lazy plot devices that make people think a film …
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