Seal a cat inside a box with a radioactive atom, a radiation detector and a mechanism capable of releasing poison. Arrange the experiment so that, after an hour, the atom has a 50 percent chance of having decayed. If it decays, the detector...
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One of the longest-running myths in American history is that George Washington had wooden teeth. It’s a fun image—revolutionary dentures, colonial oak—but completely false. In reality, Wa...
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A “Skynwalker” isn’t just a typo of "Skywalker"—though don’t tell that to Star Wars fans. The term actually comes from Skinwalker Ranch, a real place in Utah that has become a hotbed for par...
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Long before Zoom meetings and TikTok streams, the first webcam in history had a surprisingly humble mission: to monitor a coffee pot. In 1991, researchers at the University of Cambridge g...
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If you think airports are boring, you've never been to Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint Maarten. Just meters from Maho Beach, this is the only place in the world where you can...
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Dreams are more than random images. They're your brain’s way of processing emotions, consolidating memory, and sometimes... just firing neurons for fun. While Freud thought they revealed hid...
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The Science and History of Vibrators: From Ritual Objects to High-Tech Pleasure Let’s be real: when you hear "vibrator," your brain probably jumps straight to the bedroom. But these bu...
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Hey, so you know that "Pink Moon" thing I heard about? Is it actually, like, bright pink, a giant cotton candy ball in the sky? It sounds totally weird! Okay, so the "Pink Moon" isn't rea...
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