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18 Famous TV Roles Originally Played By Someone Else
Many popular TV shows would have been completely different had the executives stuck with the actors from the pilot episode. For example, can you imagine Danny Tanner from "Full House" being played by...
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Check Out The Retro Gaming Expo's Awesome Collection Of Old School Games
On September 30, I spent a geektastic day at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. I arrived early and got a look at many booths before they opened (later, they would be swarmed by thousands of attendees)....
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These Everyday Items Were Dosed With Radium Until We Discovered It Was Toxic
Radium was discovered by Marie Curie and her husband Pierre in 1898. In 1903, the Royal Academy of Sciences awarded Marie and Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel the Nobel Prize in Physics, making Marie...
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Meet 11 Species That Are Set To Take Over The Earth
Invasive species are bad news. They compete with native critters for food, destroy local ecology and, in some cases, are even dangerous to humans. And thanks to the increasingly global nature of our...
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The Most Disgusting Defense Mechanisms In Nature
Scientists recently recorded footage of a never-before-seen defense mechanism deployed by a small species of deep-sea squid: When threatened, the squid attacks its predator and then pulls away,...
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The Surprising Last Words Of 11 Famous Men
What do actors, musicians, and writers say before they die? From enlightenment to humor, see what these 11 famous men said before they passed away. Our friends at mental_floss consulted the reference...
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The World's Most Powerful TV Shows Of The Past 25 Years
TV doesn’t get much respect. It rots your brain and grows couch potatoes. But the so-called idiot box also swings elections, rewires brains, snares criminals, and even sways the Supreme Court. The...
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11 Creative Breakthroughs That People Had In Their Sleep
You know what visions I get in my dreams? Visions of falling off of buildings (and doing the full body spasm thing when I hit the ground). These 11 people, on the other hand, had dreams that changed...
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This Is Why Your Voice Sounds So Weird On A Recording
Reader Christah wrote into ask, “Why do our voices sound different to us than they do to other people/on recordings?” For many of us, there are few things more painful than hearing a recording of our...
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Child Actress Shirley Temple Was A US Ambassador — Twice
American diplomacy is as old as the country itself. In 1776, Benjamin Franklin traveled to Paris to serve as a commissioner on behalf of his newly declared country and solicit the support of the...
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'Heil Honey I’m Home': The Nazi-Themed Sitcom Canceled After One Episode
File under Things That Actually Happened: On September 30, 1990, British Satellite Broadcasting aired a single episode of "Heil Honey I’m Home," a Nazi-themed sitcom featuring fictionalized versions...
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20 Bizarre Foreign Titles For American Films
Film is perhaps America’s greatest cultural export. That said, not every American film title translates well into other languages. To bridge the gap, foreign marketers take some very intriguing...
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How Columbia House Made Money Giving Away Music
If you grew up in the pre-MP3 era, chances are you had at least one go-round as a member of Columbia House’s mail-order music club. Who could turn down the allure of eight compact discs (or 11 record...
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17 Actors In Tiny Background Roles Before They Were Famous
Before they were headlining movies and TV shows, these celebs were just like everyone else trying to make it in Hollywood: thrilled to call home to report that the “Flight Attendant #3” role was...
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How 8 Famous Acquitted Defendants Spent The Rest Of Their Lives
OJ Simpson The beneficiary of one of history’s most famous not-guilty verdicts saw his legal luck run out after a 2007 armed robbery in Las Vegas. Simpson was convicted on 10 charges related to an...
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This Very Rare Atari Cartridge May Be Worth Over $30K
Back in 2010, I wrote a story about some very rare and very expensive video games. Thanks to that article, Tanner Sandlin of Austin, Texas realized he had one of only a handful of known copies of the...
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8 Strange Secrets Of Disney's Theme Parks
Every year millions of visitors head to Disney World to see Mickey, take a trip through Epcot, and to get their photo taken outside Cinderella's beloved castle. While families are there gathering...
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Five Psychological Disorders Named After Disney Characters
Remember those bedtime stories that were read to you as a kid, and those Disney movies you watched? Turns out, there are some real psychological disorders and personality types that get their names...
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Why Some People Stay Put When They Are Asked To Evacuate
Last night we put the call out for readers’ nagging hurricane questions. @BrothaDom and @michellesipics both asked for a peek into the minds of people who defy evacuation orders “in the face of...
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How Far Can You Drive Your Car On An Empty Tank?
It’s a question that plagues every driver: Just how far can you drive with your car’s “fuel empty” light illuminated?The detailed answer depends on all sorts of variables like the age and model of your...
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