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In the 1920s, one reason corsets…

January 12, 2021Weirdo

In the 1920s, one reason corsets went out of style was because they were made of lots of metal which was needed for tools during WWI. The U.S War Industries Board even asked women to stop buying them which helped them save enough metal to build two battleships.

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In 2002, a duel was proposed…

January 9, 2020Weirdo

In 2002, a duel was proposed by the Iraqi government between the presidents of both nations instead of going to war.

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In a study of 640 dream journals…

March 15, 2018Weirdo

In a study of 640 dream journals conducted by Harvard, psychologists determined the dreams of prisoners in WWII POW camps were less aggressive than the standard male population. Rather than visions of extreme violence, the majority of soldiers dreamed of escape, family, loneliness, and home.

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The longest war in recorded history…

October 9, 2017Weirdo

The longest war in recorded history lasted 335 years and 19 days. It was between the Dutch and the Isles of Scilly, there were no casualties, and the Dutch actually forgot about the conflict until a Scilly historian contacted them about it in 1985. A treaty was signed between them in 1986.

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Artists in Kashmir have started walking cabbages…

May 3, 2016Weirdo

Artists in Kashmir have started walking cabbages (and other vegetables) on a leash, as a way to protest the ongoing military conflict over the region. One artist explains: “What I wanted to do basically is juxtapose the absurdity of this performance with what was happening around—the structures of violence that I was seeing around me.”

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Pope John Paul II sent a letter to a US leader asking…

December 2, 2015Weirdo

Pope John Paul II sent a letter to a US leader asking not to invade Iraq. When the Cardinal arrived he handed this letter to the President. He placed this letter on a table without opening or reading it then told the cardinal that he, the president, “was convinced it was God’s will”.

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There is a restaurant in Pittsburgh, the Conflict Kitchen…

July 7, 2015Weirdo

There is a restaurant in Pittsburgh, the Conflict Kitchen, that only serves cuisines from countries that the US is in conflict with. When they started serving Palestinian food, they received death threats.

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For nearly a century, the French have prohibited entry into an area of more than 460…

May 26, 2015Weirdo

Battelfield_Verdun_smallFor nearly a century, the French have prohibited entry into an area of more than 460 square miles because there is an almost impossible amount of ammunition and dead bodies to recover from the battlefield’s of World War One. The area is called “Zone Rouge”, and much of it is still off limits.

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In 1941, more than three million cars were manufactured…

September 22, 2014Weirdo

In 1941, more than three million cars were manufactured in the United States. Only 139 more were made during the entire war. By the end of the war, more than half of all industrial production in the world would take place in the United States.

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Ants wage war in remarkably similar way …

November 2, 2013Weirdo

Ants wage war in remarkably similar way to humans.

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