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A Baku is a creature from Chinese folklore that can be summoned to devour nightmares. However if he remains hungry after...
10/05/2023

A Baku is a creature from Chinese folklore that can be summoned to devour nightmares. However if he remains hungry after eating one’s nightmares, he may also devour their hopes and desires.

In 1974, an Ohio man named David Shapira left a condition in his will that his son Daniel Jacob Shapira would only get h...
10/05/2023

In 1974, an Ohio man named David Shapira left a condition in his will that his son Daniel Jacob Shapira would only get his inheritance upon marrying a Jewish woman with two Jewish parents. If he did not do so within 7 years, the money would be given to the State of Israel. The son sued the bank and lost.

Two-year forensic investigation conducted in 1984 looked into the alleged Spontaneous Human Combustion cases of 18th to ...
09/30/2023

Two-year forensic investigation conducted in 1984 looked into the alleged Spontaneous Human Combustion cases of 18th to 20th centuries. Investigators found that the burned bodies were in close proximity to plausible sources for the ignition: candles, lamps, fireplaces, etc. Such sources were often omitted from published accounts of these incidents, presumably to deepen the aura of mystery surrounding an apparently "spontaneous" death. A correlation was found between alleged SHC deaths and the victim's intoxication.

China owns all of the pandas in the world. They rent them out for about $1 million a year.
09/28/2023

China owns all of the pandas in the world. They rent them out for about $1 million a year.

It’s illegal to own only one guinea pig in Switzerland. (They get lonely.)
09/28/2023

It’s illegal to own only one guinea pig in Switzerland. (They get lonely.)

Sea cucumbers eat with their feet.
09/28/2023

Sea cucumbers eat with their feet.

The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featured lions, camels, and elephants from the Central Park Zoo.
09/26/2023

The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featured lions, camels, and elephants from the Central Park Zoo.

Novelist Patricia Highsmith kept about 300 snails as pets. She carried them in her handbag to parties.
09/26/2023

Novelist Patricia Highsmith kept about 300 snails as pets. She carried them in her handbag to parties.

Charles Richard Drew was a Black physician who developed blood banks for military personnel during WWII. He quit working...
09/26/2023

Charles Richard Drew was a Black physician who developed blood banks for military personnel during WWII. He quit working for the Red Cross after learning that the military separated blood donations by race.

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