Sending an angry letter to my 3rd grade teacher

Blurting these out at the dentist to diffuse tension

How many of these were you taught?

Reality is wild

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What a versatile dog actor

Words are wild

Bunch of know-it-alls

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 want to fact-check the information. Did the CIA really equip cats with radio transmitters to try and spy on the Soviets? From there you're just a few more clic

An eye-opener

Did you know if you slap a chicken at a certain speed it cooks? Did you know there are only 25 blimps in the world? Look it up!

Nature is magic

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 palatable version, which we call broccoli today. The internet is full of factoids like this—some weird, some fascinating, and some pretty hard to believe. We've collected a bunch of crazy th

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