• The Truth About The Multi-Million Dollar McDonald's Monopoly Scam

    It's a series of events drenched in intrigue and deception, greed and subterfuge. It is the tale of America's most iconic eatery, McDonald's, getting taken for a multi-million dollar ride. And like most stories about families being torn apart, it all starts with Monopoly.

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  • The Meaning Behind Cats And Nine Lives Explained

    All it takes is one look into a cat's eyes to know that it's a magical creature, though it's hard to say whether those supernatural abilities are being used for good or evil. What about this whole nine lives business, though?

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  • Who Was The First Non-Native American To See Yellowstone?

    According to the National Parks Service, the area now known as Yellowstone National Park has been home to humans for more than 11,000 years, with the Shoshone Tukudeka tribe making use of the land long before Europeans. Who was the first outsider to look out upon the majesty of Yellowstone?

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  • The Truth About All Of Yellowstone's Geyser-Related Deaths

    If you've ever visited Yellowstone, you'll be aware of its two main features. First: signs warning against dangerous behaviors. Second: next to every one of those signs, there are tourists doing exactly what the signs say not to. Here's the truth about Yellowstone's geyser-related deaths.

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  • Why The World's Largest Flower Smells Like Rotting Corpses

    Who knows why you're hellbent on nabbing the world's biggest flower? Maybe you need to apologize to your significant other for making the world's biggest mistake. But here it is. Meet Rafflesia arnoldii, heavyweight champion of the world of flowers.

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  • Bill Nye Is Suing Disney For $28 Million

    In 2017, "Science Guy" Bill Nye joined the ant-Mickey Mouse Club and jointly filed a $28 million lawsuit against Disney. Per the LA Times, in December 2019, a court allowed the case to proceed. Here's why Nye wants to throw the book at Disney.

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  • Who Was The World's First Billionaire?

    John Davison Rockefeller was basically Daniel Plainview in that he was an oil man who had zero qualms about drinking your milkshake. And crossing him meant there would be blood. The owner of Standard Oil and founder of the University of Chicago became the world's first confirmed billionaire in 1916.

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  • Here's How Michael Bloomberg Spends His Billions

    Though he's toyed with the idea in the past, it seems that billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a one-time Republican is actually running for president in 2020 as a democratic candidate. How does the richest man in New York and the ninth richest man in America spend his money?

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  • Here's How Bill Gates Spends His Billions

    In November of 2019, Bill Gates managed to make the leap from second to first place on the list of the richest people in the world, with wealth valued at $110 billion. But what does he actually spend all those billions money on?

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  • What Really Happens To Cats When They Eat Too Much Catnip

    If you own one of those L.A. party scene cats that loves to get wild, you're no doubt aware of the drug menace ensnaring so many of today's most promising cat youth. Catnip: the jazz cigarettes of feline culture. Here's what happens if your cat has too much catnip.

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  • The Real Reason Cats Like To Drink From A Sink

    For many cat owners, there are three unavoidable constants in life: Death, taxes, and the fact that their feline friend will try to drink from the sink whenever it gets a chance. Let's find out why cats like to drink from a sink!

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  • What Would Happen To The Ocean If There Were No Whales?

    If whales didn't exist, Jonah might have had to spend three days in the belly of an obese goldfish, which sounds super cramped. If these gargantuan animals vanished from existence, the world -- and the ocean -- would be in much worse shape.

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  • The Tiny Worm That Makes One Of The Loudest Noises In The Ocean

    "Mouth-fighting" sounds like one of the oddly violent sports metaphors people use in reference to French kissing. But here the term describes battles between tiny underwater worms that live off the coast of Japan which produce one of the loudest, least affectionate sounds in the ocean.

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  • Do Humans Share DNA With Dogs?

    It probably won't come as a surprise that dogs and humans have a lot of genetic overlap. Seattle Pi writes that humans and dogs share about 84 percent of their DNA. Presumably that number is far higher for canines like McGruff the Crime Dog. But that's just the nature of living things.

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  • Who Will Be The World's First Trillionaire?

    These days, $1 billion has become chump change to today's richest people. As their wealth continues ballooning, the world may soon see its first trillionaire, horrifyingly enough. Who's it going to be?

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  • Were Velociraptors Smarter Than Dogs?

    It's tough to say how smart raptors were. There's no way to experience their behavior first hand, and intelligence is a spectrum. While velociraptors may not have been great at math, they might have excelled in sculpting or theological studies. But were they smarter than dogs?

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  • The Biggest Monkey In The World

    What if humans were tasked with selecting a monkey king? To determine which ruler measures up, you'd first have to know the largest monkey species.

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  • How Many Millionaires Are In The World?

    Those with $1 million or more, account for 45 percent of the world's total wealth. Guess how many of them there are... If your answer was 36 million, you're correct, according to Credit Suisse's Global Wealth Report.

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