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Robo-party clown ignores Asimov's first law of robotics
This clown was clearly a big hit, or rather, a kick! It seems that a robotic party clown didn't get Asimov's First Law of Robotics: A robot may not injure… READ THE REST
How a raunchy love charm became an innocent nursery rhyme
The 17th-century English antiquarian John Aubrey recorded a love charm called moulding cockle bread. A young woman would climb onto a table, lift her skirts, and, in Aubrey's words, "wabble… READ THE REST
The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad
When the U.S. Army approached Hershey's in 1937 for an emergency ration bar that should taste like a boiled potato, Colonel Paul Logan handed over four requirements. It had to… READ THE REST
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