For Catholics, fasting during the Lenten season (Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday) is a way to practice spiritual discipline and penance leading up to their holiest day of the year. In 17th century Bavaria, however, some very clever monks spent their Lent living off of nothing but beer.
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Just one month before the release of Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong, where he had been working on what was his final, uncompleted film, Game of Death. But it was never fully realized.
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The J.M. Smucker Company, manufacturers of Jif peanut butter, have teamed up with popular GIF database Giphy to produce limited edition peanut butter jars that may settle the pronunciation debate.
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Pretty much everyone who grew up in the '90s knows who Pocahontas is. Disney Princess, love interest of the great explorer John Smith, Native American nobility. Yes, Disney taught us many things about the Powhatan heroine, and they're all wrong. Mostly. Here's the truth about Pocahontas.
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Sometimes, coincidences just kind of ... happen, and don't really mean anything. Other times, they might be signs of a vast global conspiracy, a magic spell, or extraterrestrial surveillance, depending on who sees them. These bizarre coincidences all happened on the same date.
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These kiddie shows can't possibly be good for us past a certain age, so we change them.
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On February 23, 2020, former stuntman and noted rocket-themed daredevil "Mad" Mike Hughes perished in an equally rocket-themed accident in Barstow, California.
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Humans have been trying to outdo and impress one another by building massive structures since the earliest days of civilization. And we don't care how expensive those buildings get.
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Queen Elizabeth owns a great many things like jewelry, palaces, and works of art. And you'd think that would be enough, right? But no. Apparently, her majesty also needs to own all of the whales off the coast of Great Britain. Here's the weird reason Queen Elizabeth owns so many whales.
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The sun never set on Queen Victoria's empire, but eventually, as suns tend to do, it set on her life. And after she passed away, the queen's funeral was incredibly bizarre.
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Home is where the heart is, but occasionally you find other body parts there, too. In 2020, a person inspecting the foundation of a Gainesville, Florida home found "at least six jars of preserved human remains, mainly tongues," stashed under the floorboards.
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As officials race to stop the disastrous coronavirus in its tracks, another horrifying fallout has been the widespread racism and xenophobia now being targeted at people of Asian backgrounds.
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The Farrington neighborhood in Sunderland, England was trying to get through Storm Dennis just like every other community in the area. Well, to be fair, there was one small difference. As UPI tells us, they were also dealing with a mysterious infestation of pillow cases filled with snakes.
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Jushin Thunder Liger was once called "the best international star" in all of pro wrestling. So when the Japanese phenom retired in 2020 after a 35-year career, praise poured from across the globe and from outside the wrestling world. But who was he? This is the untold truth of Jushin Thunder Liger.
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Just look at that adorable goof. The aye aye is without a doubt one of the weirdest primates that evolution ever concocted. This Madagascar native is the largest nocturnal primate on the planet, but its unique features don't end there. In fact, we're still finding new ones.
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Captain Planet flew into our lives back in 1990, and while it took the combined powers of elements like fire and heart to summon him in the series, what really put this Earth-loving hero on the map? Well, let’s dig into the bizarre history of Captain Planet.
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The scientific reality of our journey to sapience is unsurprisingly far more complicated than our 11th grade textbooks would have us believe. And now with the discovery of a 'ghost population,' things just got even more complicated.
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There's a case to be made that the United States is secretly the most dangerous nation on Earth. Not because of rampant gun violence but rather its damnable knack for making other nations dangerous. But which of those other nations is worst? This is the most dangerous country in the world to visit.
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Born Juan Pablo Escobar, Sebastián Marroquín was the son of cutthroat kingpin and Medellin cartel founder Pablo Escobar. He was just 16 when his infamous father perished in a hail of gunfire. Here's his story.
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83% of cellphones lost in the city of Tokyo ultimately found their way back into the pockets of their rightful owners last year. In a city of 9.2 million people, that might seem like a remarkable accomplishment, but it's normal with a lost and found system that should be the envy of the world.
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Once upon a time, Apple had its own line of sneakers. But what happened to these shoes, and how much are they worth today?
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Find out how cotton candy went from expensive delicacy to a potentially lifesaving product.
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There's a lot most Monty Python fans don't know, and we're not talking about the words to the Bruce's Philosopher's Song.
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It sounds like something out of an episode of Rick and Morty, but scientists say time crystals are very real and now officially a brand new state of matter. The name comes from a substance discovered back in 2018 with an atomic structure that repeats -- not just in space -- but also in time.
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Sometimes, major celebrities get behind really dumb products, and one big celeb who made this mistake was Steven Seagal, who in the early 2000s decided to "gift" the world with a weirdly offensive energy drink.
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These are some of the weirdest international flavors of your favorite snacks.
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British royal history buffs know Queen Victoria had nine children. There are the famous ones, like Edward VII, and then there was Sara Forbes Bonetta, who is oft-forgotten. Yes, Albert and Victoria sort of adopted a tenth child. Here's the untold truth of Queen Victoria's adopted child.
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