In 1848, an accident injured a 25-year-old railroad worker named Phineas Gage. It was thought that he was never the same person again. His case became the first time a ...

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In the 1970s, McDonald’s used to give out a small 5-inch spoon-shaped coffee stirrer in their restaurants with each cup of coffee. But they discontinued the use of the spoons ...

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A rather strange toilet flushing event took place in the Zimbabwe city of Bulawayo in 2019 that had a crucial goal in mind. For a week in 2019, the over ...

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Issue 26 of the Odd Stew: strange and weird news items, oddities, plus other fascinating things that have happened in the news that you may have missed. Can I Have ...

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Issue 25 of the Odd Stew: strange and weird news items, oddities, plus other fascinating things that have happened in the news that you may have missed. A Student That ...

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Issue 24 of the Odd Stew: strange and weird news items, oddities, plus other fascinating things that have happened in the news that you may have missed. But Still Don’t ...

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Issue 23 of the Odd Stew: strange news items, oddities, plus other weird and fascinating things that have happened in the news that you may have missed. An Unlucky String ...

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Issue 22 of the Odd Stew: strange news items, oddities, plus other weird and fascinating things that have happened in the news that you may have missed. Sometimes When You ...

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Issue 21 of the Odd Stew: strange news items, oddities, plus other weird and fascinating things that have happened in the news that you may have missed. A Costly Wrong ...

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In this week’s facts edition: A Sea Organ, The Unknown Artist Who Was a Janitor, Elizabeth Taylor’s Eyelashes, An Incentive to Repair, and Homeless in Hawaii. Ben Snooks/Wikimedia A Sea ...

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Issue 20 of the Odd Stew: strange news items, oddities, plus other weird and fascinating things that have happened in the news that you may have missed. A Fruitcake for ...

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