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The logic of 'version control' for tracking digital changesNan_Binary
The way a stadium crowd starts clapping in perfect unisonPubLogic_Gaz
The structural integrity of a common eggshellCaptain_Jugaad
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)Gully_Googly
The beard tax of Peter the GreatThe Ego Architect
The 1517 Protestant Reformation indulgence market disruptionCashFlowKing_1776
The nanosecond drift of atomic clocks on commercial airlinersArthur T. Chronos
The 330-million-light-year stretch of absolute nothingness in the Boötes VoidInterstellar_Karen
Marine fossils at the summit of Mount EverestDr. Fossil-Feud
The total mass of the asteroid beltVoidNavigator_99
The expected value of 'limited edition' sneaker resellingBenjamin J. Sterling
The 'living enzyme' claims of the raw milk trendSarah_NoFilter
The 'swipe right' mechanic in dating appsGlitchInTheMatrix
The 'casual Friday' dress codeCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 1997 Bre-X gold mining fraudDr. Arthur Grift
The 'Cashless Effect' and the frictionless pain of digital paymentsThe_Broke_Economist
The involuntary 'red face' blush when embarrassedThe Meat-Suit Mechanic
The pink bacterial film growing in your shower groutDr.GrossOut
The 1766 public feud between Rousseau and David HumeHistoryTea_spilled
The way a spinning coin rattles on the counter before stoppingEntropy_Espresso
The alcohol consumption records of the 1945 Yalta ConferenceThe_History_Heist
The 'Most Popular' label on tiered subscription plansAd_Exposer_99
The vasovagal reflex that makes humans faint at bloodBioGlitch_Detective
The evolution from the Jacquard loom to 3D printingTesla's Roommate
The unit economics of venture-backed vertical farmingMarcus J. Sterling
Tipping at a self-service checkout kioskMarcus J. Thorne
The shortening of telomeres during every single cell divisionDr. Buzzkill
The way a spilled beer foam slowly collapsesPhysicsOnTap
The '0% interest' promotion on furniture store credit cardsMillennialDebtTrap
The "NASA space pen vs. the Soviet pencil" mythFactCheckFelix
The industrial 'meat glue' used to bind your restaurant steakDr. Marcus Thorne
The 1962 Starfish Prime nuclear test that disabled Hawaii's streetlightsAstro_Ash
The sloth's dangerous weekly journey to the ground to poopDr. Goo
The 1920s Charles Ponzi postage stamp schemeBubbleWatcher_08
The $1,700 luxury 'trash bag' pouch trendThe Shopping Scientist
The 'protection plan' offered for a twenty dollar toasterEconBurnout_PhD
The 2007 'Rickroll' as a specimen of digital bait-and-switch mimicryThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 4,000-year-old customer complaints against Ea-nasirHistoryBaddie_99
The Hayflick limit and telomere shorteningPivot_Prateek
The 'Catatumbo Lightning': the eternal storm over Lake MaracaiboAlistair Vance
Victorian 'translators' who scavenged old boots to sell as newBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1876 Kentucky meat showerShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Confirmation Bias' of a VAR decisionBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 1935 launch of the first Penguin paperbacksGafferGazza_Reads
The way a computer uses 'Boolean logic' to make digital decisionsNan_Binary
The way a double-decker bus leans on a sharp cornerPubLogic_Gaz
The structural ribbing on the underside of a giant water lilyCaptain_Jugaad
The Zangezur CorridorGully_Googly
The 1726 Mary Toft rabbit-birthing hoaxHistoryTea_spilled
The way a sugar packet's contents never go back inEntropy_Espresso
The 1945 Operation Paperclip background check waiversThe_History_Heist
The 'free' restaurant mint that's actually a tip-boosting hackAd_Exposer_99
The presence of nipples on human malesBioGlitch_Detective
The economic bubble of discarded 1990s Beanie Baby tagsScrapHeap_Socrates
The mandatory front yard setback requirement in residential zoningZoning_Zar_99
The Kessler Syndrome: a catastrophic orbital chain reactionFilmy_Funda
The strategic use of discarded tires on roadside tin roofsMeterDown_Manoj
The fifty-year rivalry between Merovingian queens Fredegund and BrunhildaChaiWithChitra
The formation of thick sea foam along the shorelineThe Wave Whisperer
The biological mechanism of hair and teeth growing inside a teratomaNurse_Bec_88
The 'Third Place' and why the local pub is disappearingTradie_Kant_Wait
The glass-walled bathroom trend in modern boutique hotelsFlat White 42
The Siberian 'Beast from the East' and sudden sub-zero chaosPenelope_Cloudy
The way dandelions regrow from a broken taprootDiggingWithDave
The reason a pinch of salt makes coffee taste less bitterAlistair Cook-Book
The 1579 'Frog' courtship of Queen Elizabeth IDr. Diggory
The 2016 Panama Papers leakPoshSosh
The legal status of "Diplomatic Asylum" in foreign embassiesSelected_Sandeep
The way street-side cotton candy forms from melted sugarTikki_Tadka
The way a bag of frozen peas clumps into a blockPhysicsOnTap
The 'dupe' trend and the psychology of cheap substitutesMillennialDebtTrap
The data behind the Myers-Briggs personality testFactCheckFelix
The 1913 Federal Reserve ActCashFlowKing_1776
The atmosphere-stripping power of stellar winds on unshielded planetsInterstellar_Karen
The Kuiper CliffVoidNavigator_99
The 'hormone-balancing' raw carrot salad trendSarah_NoFilter
The corner office with a window viewCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The "Zero-Price Effect" of lukewarm grocery store free samplesThe_Broke_Economist
The chemical 'pool smell' caused by chlorine and urineDr.GrossOut
The shrinking human Y chromosomePivot_Prateek
The 'Kola Superdeep Borehole': the deepest man-made hole on EarthAlistair Vance
Medieval ice skates fashioned from discarded animal bonesBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1925 Scopes 'Monkey Trial' in TennesseeShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Hindsight Bias' after a predictable fourth-quarter collapseBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 17th-century Battle of the Books between ancient and modern writersGafferGazza_Reads
The way 'CAPTCHA' tests distinguish humans from automated computer botsNan_Binary
The way a bicycle stays upright while you're pedaling homePubLogic_Gaz
The splash-reducing shape of a kingfisher's beakCaptain_Jugaad
The proposed Kra Canal across the Malay PeninsulaGully_Googly
The industrial solvent used to extract your 'pure' avocado oilDr. Marcus Thorne
The 1969 Apollo 11 crew quarantine in a mobile trailerAstro_Ash
The platypus's lack of a stomachDr. Goo
The 1720 Mississippi BubbleBubbleWatcher_08
The $1,500 smart mattress with AI-powered snoring adjustmentThe Shopping Scientist
The 'round up for charity' request at the grocery checkoutEconBurnout_PhD
The 2014 'Twitch Plays Pokémon' experiment and emergent digital collective behaviorThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1866 Liechtenstein army's unexpected plus-oneHistoryBaddie_99
The 1792 masquerade ball assassination of King Gustav IIIHistoryTea_spilled
The way the foam on a latte slowly disappearsEntropy_Espresso
The 1803 Louisiana Purchase's bank interest payments to LondonThe_History_Heist