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The Invention of Karaoke: The Best Idea that Never Paid
A Japanese man named Daisuke Inoue is credited with being the “Father of Karaoke.” What is now a $10 billion industry started with him creating tiny machines out of car […]
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Operation Paul Bunyan: The Most Expensive Tree Trimming in History
In 1976, a skirmish at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea led to the brutal murders of two Americans. The skirmish began over the trimming of a tree. […]
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Jailing Political Opponents: Abraham Lincoln and Habeas Corpus
Abraham Lincoln is known as “The Great Emancipator.” But not many people know that during the Civil War, he jailed as many as 2,000 political opponents without charges or trial. […]
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Genghis Khan’s Bizarre Burial: Hidden Graves
There’s an ancient legend that Mongolian Ruler Genghis Khan desired that no one ever know the location of his grave, so he sent an army of men to murder anyone […]
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Critical Face Theory: Facebook and Facial Recognition
Since 2010, the popular social media platform Facebook has been compiling facial recognition data on its users in one of the most-advanced and largest data set of the technology in […]
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The Worst Video Game in History: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
In 1982, Atari released a video game to cash in on the popularity of the movie E.T. The game for Atari 2600 was rushed to production and has been panned […]
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Tell-Tale Shark: Jimmy Smith’s Arm
This week’s episode is a true crime tale – a shark spits up a human arm in a Sidney aquarium and it leads to one of Australia’s most notorious – […]
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A Titanic Hero at Dunkirk: Charles Lightoller
Charles Lightoller was the Second Officer on board the ill-fated maiden voyage of the H.M.S. Titanic. Only saved by an exploding boiler, he went on to a notable life and […]
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The Anti-Mask Controversy: It’s Not New
“Anti-Mask” rants have taken over school board meetings, city council meetings, airplanes and stores throughout America. But did people act like this during the Flu Pandemic of 1918? In this […]
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The Cobra Effect: Unintended Consequences in British India
The Cobra Effect is a story of unintended consequences. In British-controlled India, the government tried to offer an incentive to help curb the rampant deadly cobra problem. Their solution backfired. […]
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