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Are the “Snozzberries” in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Referring to Male Genitalia?
Domenic V. asks: Is it true that the snozzberries in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory were dicks? Given the dark undercurrent of Roald Dahl’s […]
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10 Bizarre Facts- Part 6
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What Do Scientologists Actually Believe?
Laura A. asks: What exactly do Scientologists believe? Oh boy, we can already tell that the comment section for this one is going to be a […]
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You Should Know About Jury Nullification
Since before the U.S. was a country, juries in the American system of justice were being impaneled to be the “triers of evidence,” or as […]
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Picture the Recipe (New Channel)
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The Horrifying Origin of the Term “Stool Pigeon”
American gangster films of the 1920s, 30s and 40s have contributed a wealth of colourful slang to the English language, much of which is still […]
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The Largely Forgotten Airship Disaster That Helped Kill These Cruise Ships of the Sky
The age of the giant rigid airship or Zeppelin was tragically brief, lasting barely forty years from the first Zeppelin flights in 1900 to the […]
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How Did the Ancient Romans Make Concrete So Much Better Than Ours?
In the heart of Rome stands one of the Eternal City’s most famous and well-preserved ancient monuments: the Pantheon. Constructed during the reign of Emperor […]
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How Much Did Top Gun Maverick Cost the U.S. Taxpayer?
Countless films produced in the United States feature use of rather expensive military equipment, and often also real world military personnel. Given the extreme expense […]
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A Deal with the Devil- That Time Britain and Germany Became Partners In the Middle of WWI
On Christmas Day, 1914, the guns of the Western Front suddenly fell silent. All along the line, tens of thousands of soldiers lay down their […]
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“Up Yours!” “Victory,” Or “Peace, Man” Where did the “Two Finger Salute” REALLY Come From?
Of all the various hand gestures we humans commonly use, few are as complicated and versatile as the “V-sign,” AKA “the forks” or the “two-finger […]
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The Many Myths Surrounding Nikola Tesla
In the mid-19th century, the Austrian Empire, which stretched for over a thousand miles (1600 km) from Italy to Ukraine, was a place of contradictions. […]
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But Why Carat and Karat?
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The Truth About the Road Not Taken, The Rose / Star Trek connection, What “Trump” Means in the UK, and more in Yet Another 10 Quick Facts
1006) While Amanda McBroom is probably best known for her role as Judge Advocate General Captain Philippa Louvois in what is generally considered one of […]