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211.
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The 1980s Media Panic over Dungeons and Dragons (2016)
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156 comments
4 years ago
jedwhite
114 points
212.
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When Every Ketchup but One Went Extinct
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120 comments
4 years ago
dynm
114 points
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Since 1700, Wine Glasses Have Gotten 7 Times Bigger
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111 comments
9 years ago
pepys
114 points
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Russia’s Retro Lenin Museum Still Runs on Decades-Old Apple II Computers
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65 comments
7 years ago
c89X
114 points
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The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film
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31 comments
10 years ago
prismatic
114 points
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The Alternate Universe of Soviet Arcade Games
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30 comments
11 years ago
lermontov
114 points
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Mimes directing traffic in Bogotá had surprisingly loud impacts (2025)
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29 comments
5 months ago
IgorPartola
114 points
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A Mystery Manuscript Found in a Used Copy of ‘Alice in Wonderland’
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18 comments
8 years ago
samclemens
114 points
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John Muir's Alarm Clock Desk
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13 comments
4 years ago
cratermoon
114 points
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A Fetus Can Turn to Stone in Its Mother’s Body and Go Undiscovered for Decades
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41 comments
8 years ago
DoreenMichele
113 points
221.
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A librarian and a food historian rediscovered the recipes of Moorish Spain
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36 comments
5 years ago
benbreen
113 points
222.
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My Hunt for the Original McDonald’s French-Fry Recipe
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120 comments
6 years ago
pseudolus
112 points
223.
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A New Look at the Little-Known Pyramids of Ancient Nubia
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25 comments
9 years ago
prismatic
112 points
224.
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The efforts of Edo-era doctors to figure out beriberi in Japan
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17 comments
8 years ago
dsr12
112 points
225.
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The U.S. Army tried portable nuclear power at remote bases 60 years ago
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151 comments
5 years ago
bcaulfield
111 points
226.
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The Dangers of Train Yards, Through the Eyes of Railroad Employees
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104 comments
8 years ago
ax00x
111 points
227.
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2018 was a terrible year for Swiss glaciers
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54 comments
8 years ago
Pharmakon
111 points
228.
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Why Japan's rail workers can't stop pointing at things (2017)
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50 comments
4 years ago
tosh
111 points
229.
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A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
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46 comments
3 years ago
Tomte
111 points
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How Ceiling Fans Allowed Slaves to Eavesdrop on Plantation Owners
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32 comments
8 years ago
samclemens
111 points
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The Disturbing Fate of a Planet Made of Blueberries
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37 comments
8 years ago
DmenshunlAnlsis
110 points
232.
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Qurt: The ancient road snack of Central Asian nomads
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30 comments
5 years ago
CapitalistCartr
110 points
233.
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The Board Game at the Heart of Viking Culture
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29 comments
8 years ago
bcaulfield
110 points
234.
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A White Lie Gave Japan KFC for Christmas
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26 comments
7 years ago
wglb
110 points
235.
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The Librarian Who Guarded the Manhattan Project’s Secrets
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13 comments
9 years ago
Hooke
110 points
236.
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The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature
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103 comments
9 years ago
prismatic
109 points
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When the CIA spied on American citizens using pigeons
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69 comments
3 years ago
prismatic
109 points
238.
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The fight to save Chile's white strawberry
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52 comments
2 years ago
ofou
109 points
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Digging through the archives of Scarfolk
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33 comments
4 years ago
worik
109 points
240.
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The Memories of Plants
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33 comments
9 years ago
raleec
109 points
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