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Blue Fugates are an ancestral family living in the hills of Kentucky where they are known for having a genetic trait that led to the blood disorder methemoglobinemia, causing the skin to be blue.
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Blue Fugates are an ancestral family living in the hills of Kentucky where they are known for having a genetic trait that led to the blood disorder methemoglobinemia, causing the skin to be blue.

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 22 hours ago
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It's the Most Terrible Time of the Year is an AI-generated television commercial created for McDonald's Netherlands by TBWA\Neboko and The Sweetshop. It was released on 6 December 2025 before being pulled four days later due to negative reception

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 5 days ago
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Grant Cardone is an American businessman, financial influencer, and writer. Cardone is a Scientologist and has been a consistent supporter of Donald Trump, and even engaged Trump as the headliner at one of Cardone's 10X conferences in 2022.

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 7 days ago
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Songbun is the alleged system of ascribed status used in North Korea. Songbun is used to classify North Korean citizens into three primary castes—core, wavering, and hostile—in addition to approximately fifty sub-classifications

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 11 days ago
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Anybody heard this album? They’re an up and coming indie alternative band with a really experimental sound. It’s not for everybody though

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Smuttynose Island is a 27-acre island off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine. The island was named by fishermen who thought the profuse seaweed at one end made it look like the "smutty nose" of some vast sea animal

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 20 days ago
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Stairs are a structure designed to bridge a large vertical distance between lower and higher levels by dividing it into smaller vertical distances. The concept of stairs is believed to be 8000 years old

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 22 days ago
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Sandwich. It is commonly said that Lord Sandwich, during long sessions of card games at public gambling houses, would order his valet to bring him roast beef between two pieces of toasted bread.He was fond of this because it allowed him to continue gambling while eating, without the need for a fork

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 28 days ago
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Angoon bombardment was the destruction of the Tlingit village of Angoon, Alaska, by US Naval forces. Commander Merriman demanded four hundred blankets from the Tlingit in tribute. When the Tlingit delivered just eighty-one blankets, Merriman's forces destroyed the village.

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 1 month ago
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Devon Island is an island in Canada and the largest uninhabited island in the world. The notable similarity of its surface to that of Mars has attracted interest from scientists.

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 1 month ago
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Tommy McHugh was a British artist and poet. When he was 51, McHugh attempted to evacuate his bowels quickly due to a knock on the toilet door. The sudden pressure led to a stroke. He was in a coma for a week and acquired savant syndrome.

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 2 months ago
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Watch 1505 is the oldest watch in the world that still works. In 1987, the watch reappeared at an antiques and flea market in London. The initial price estimation for this watch is between 50 and 80 million dollars

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 2 months ago
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The Death Star strategy was the name Enron gave to their practice of shuffling energy around the California power grid to receive payments from the state for "relieving congestion".

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 2 months ago
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Environmentalism in The Lord of the Rings. The Hobbits' visions of Saruman's industrial hell of Isengard and Sauron's desolate polluted land of Mordor have been interpreted as comments on modern society

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u/SplendiferusFinch — 2 months ago