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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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Short facts that have piqued my interest recently.
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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.
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Window of Taxation
Wealth taxes are back in the minds of the public in the UK.
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Onfim-pressionist
Musings of a Child.
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Curie-ous about rice cookers?
How does a rice cooker know when the rice is done?
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Druze you believe in reincarnation?
One god and reincarnation.