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Dressed to Infest
When did we start wearing clothing?
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Con-spray-a-sea
In the '50s, the US Navy secretly released a massive cloud of red bacterium into San Francisco
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Maybe you know something, John Snow
An outbreak of cholera in Soho, London allowed for a natural experiment to take place.
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Grunt Work
Rather sadly, the heatwave at the 2022 Falmouth Worm Charming Championships in Cornwall resulted in only a singular worm being charmed.
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Happy Birthday
How many people do you need in a room to have a good chance that _at least two_ of them share the same birthday?
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Off and ov again
The romanisation of your last name can give clues to when and where you came from.
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You're a War Profiteer, Harry
As an Australian, your first encounter with Meriton may have been a hotel party in one of their serviced apartments in your late teens. Less well known is its founder and owner, billionaire Harry Oskar Triguboff.
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You're in Big Truffle
The dark underbelly of truffle flavouring.
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Wheely Cool
The wheel may only have been invented as a functional device once in history.
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Water is a Dam Pain
In history class, the Mesopotamians and Egyptians are often presented as the earliest examples of how access to water is essential for the rise of civilisation.
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The Cure is Free
Everyone and their mum has a "cure" for hiccups. What if I told you that there is actually a well-tested solution?
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Nibbling Babka
So dominant was his outdoor record that it stood for 26 years, until 2020.