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History

The Time the USA Accidentally Nuked North Carolina

In 1961, a U.S. bomber broke apart mid-air over North Carolina — and two live nuclear bombs fell toward the ground. One went through three of four arming stages. The only thing that stopped a 260x Hiroshima-scale detonation was a single faulty safety switch.

Science

Honey Never Spoils

Honey is one of the only foods that never goes bad. Archaeologists have discovered 3,000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that is still perfectly safe to eat. Want to learn why, click here.

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Tech & Engineering

Japan’s Highway Skyscraper

Japan Built a Skyscraper With a Highway Running Through It In Osaka, the 16-floor Gate Tower Building literally has an expressway passing through floors 5 to 7. The highway doesn’t touch the building — it’s suspended on its own supports inside the structure like a tunnel in mid-air.

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Sport

The NBA Game Where One Team Scored Just 19 Points

In 1950, the Detroit Pistons (formally the Fort Wayne Pistons) intentionally held the ball for nearly the entire game to stop the legendary George Mikan from touching it. The final score was 19–18. The crowd booed so hard it literally led to the invention of the shot clock.

Nature & Geography

Plants Can “Hear” Flowing Water

Scientists have discovered that plant roots grow toward the sound of running water — even when there’s no moisture in the soil. They somehow detect water through subtle vibrations and can even ignore fake sounds, suggesting plants have a primitive ability to “listen” to their environment to survive.

Business & Politics

$872 million…

In 2014, the domain name Cars.com was sold for a record $872 million, making it the most expensive domain ever purchased.

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Arts & Literature

The Human Library Project

Founded in Copenhagen, The Human Library lets you “borrow” a human instead of a book — sitting one-on-one with a refugee, recovering addict, or someone from a misunderstood group to hear their lived story. It’s a non-profit initiative, and the conversations are completely free, designed to fight prejudice through real human connection instead of assumptions.

Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover — find out more here 

Entertainment

The Simpsons’ Eerily Accurate Predictions

Over its 35+ years on air, The Simpsons has become famous for predicting real-world events with unsettling accuracy — long before they happened. Some standout examples include:

• Donald Trump becoming U.S. President — shown in a 2000 episode.

• Smartwatches and FaceTime-style video calls — featured in the early 2000s.

• Disney buying 20th Century Fox — predicted in 1998, happened in 2019.

• The 2014 Ebola outbreak — mentioned in a 1997 episode.

• The invention of autocorrect — and how bad it would be — mocked before smartphones even existed.

• FIFA corruption scandal arrests — aired years before the real investigation.

• Higgs boson equation — Homer is shown writing an equation on a board in 1998 that correctly approximates the mass of the particle physicists confirmed 14 years later.

• Game of Thrones–style ‘dragon destruction’ ending — spoofed on The Simpsons two years before the actual GoT finale.

• The 2016 Lady Gaga Super Bowl halftime show — down to her harness flying in from the roof.

Fans joke the writers are time travellers — but really, it’s a mix of satire, sharp social commentary, and occasionally… freakish coincidence.

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1. What is the most common blood type?

   A - O Negative

   B - O Positive

   C - A Positive

2. Where does the hidden code “A113” seen in Pixar movies come from?

   A - It was the address of Pixar’s first animation studio

   B - It was the classroom number at CalArts where top animators studied

   C - t was the name of the first Pixar computer prototype

3. What makes John Cage’s composition 4’33” unique?

   A - It uses only one note played repeatedly

   B - It features complete silence for the entire duration

   C - It was the first classical piece written entirely by AI

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