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History The turnspit dog was bred to run on a wheel and roast meat, then went extinct Ellsworth Toohey

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Science The thought experiment that says you can't die (from your own perspective) Ellsworth Toohey

History In 532 AD, a chariot racing riot nearly toppled the Byzantine Empire Ellsworth Toohey

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History Japanese officers cannibalized four American POWs on a Pacific island in 1944 Ellsworth Toohey

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History At a medieval church festival, the priest brayed like a donkey and the congregation brayed back Ellsworth Toohey

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minneapolis Minneapolis has been hearing unexplained booms for decades and nobody can figure out why Ellsworth Toohey

gaming Steam is killing physical gift cards to cut off scammers Grant St. Clair