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  • Sputnik in Wisconsin
    In 1962 a hunk of Russian space junk landed in the middle of a street in Wisconsin. What was the U.S. to do? This was Cold War-era Space Race time, so they weren't gonna call up the Soviet Union like: "It's 10 PM do you know where your Sputnik is?"
    10 min
  • The Stanford Prison Experiment
    You'll find the Stanford Prison Experiment in any Psych 101 textbook — but don't believe everything you're taught.
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    23 min
  • What do you say when someone sneezes?
    Whatever the reason for ya sneezin' (which may or may not sound like "AH-CHOO") there are also many ways to respond when someone sneezes: "bless you," "Gesundheit," or "SORRY" (in case it's not ragweed, but rather, a sign of your impending death)
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    7 min
  • The Year Without a Summer
    The summer of 1816 was known as the Year Without a Summer in the northeast U.S. because even though it would be ~95°F during the day, at night temperatures dropped so low that Maine got A FOOT OF SNOW IN JUNE.
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    4 min
  • Can donor hearts transplant memories?
    In 1988 Claire Sylvia received New England's first heart-lung transplant. And the personality of the teenage boy whose heart she got.
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    17 min
  • Defeating Hackers With a Wall of Lava Lamps
    A company in California has devised truly random encryption for cybersecurity using. . .Lava Lamps.
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    9 min
  • An Itsy-Bitsy History of the Bikini
    The first bikini debuted in 1946 — just a few days after the U.S. had begun testing the atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll, for which the suit had been named. How's that for ~SEO strategy?
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    14 min
  • Ben Franklin's Sky Electricity
    Ben Franklin's famous kite experiment took place sometime between June 10th - 15th, 1752. But you probably learned many misconceptions about it in school:
    1. Franklin didn't discover electricity.
    2. His kite did not get struck by lightning.
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    10 min

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