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History Japan's greatest sword was surrendered to a US sergeant in 1946. Nobody knows where it is. Ellsworth Toohey

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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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History Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, the Britannic, and a collision on the Olympic Ellsworth Toohey

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

aviation A Navy blimp landed in San Francisco with its engines running and its crew gone Ellsworth Toohey

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Games Persona 6 officially revealed Grant St. Clair

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History Hundreds of tiny medieval tunnels no one can explain Ellsworth Toohey

spies U.S. using GPS to tell spies what to do Séamus Bellamy

Science A satellite has been jamming GPS over Europe Ellsworth Toohey