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The way a pub sign swings in the windPubLogic_Gaz
The way an electric eel generates high-voltage shocksCaptain_Jugaad
The 'Strategic Depth' doctrine in South Asian defenseGully_Googly
The Potsdam Giants of Frederick William IThe Ego Architect
The 1765 Stamp ActCashFlowKing_1776
The gravitational redshift of the white dwarf Sirius BArthur T. Chronos
The rude weight of a single teaspoon of neutron star matterInterstellar_Karen
The Boring Billion period of Earth's historyDr. Fossil-Feud
The orbital spacing of the TRAPPIST-1 planetsVoidNavigator_99
The Lindy Effect on 'hustle culture' bestsellersBenjamin J. Sterling
The bioavailability of curcumin in viral golden milk lattesSarah_NoFilter
The 'Most Popular' badge on subscription pricing tablesGlitchInTheMatrix
The corporate mission statementCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 1696 English Window Tax and bricked-up windowsDr. Arthur Grift
The 'Choice Overload' of a 50-page restaurant menuThe_Broke_Economist
The useless muscles for swiveling your earsThe Meat-Suit Mechanic
The microbial buildup on a sweaty silicone watch strapDr.GrossOut
The 1798 publication of Napoleon’s intercepted letters about Josephine’s affairHistoryTea_spilled
The way a chalkboard menu gets dustyEntropy_Espresso
The 1926 US government industrial alcohol poisoning programThe_History_Heist
The 'Best Before' dates on bottled water and table saltAd_Exposer_99
The 'fever' scorched-earth response to infectionBioGlitch_Detective
The transition from the mechanical slide rule to the electronic calculatorTesla's Roommate
The business model of venture-backed online used car retailersMarcus J. Sterling
Paying for 'Skip the Line' passes at theme parksMarcus J. Thorne
The slow oxidation of your tissues by the oxygen you breatheDr. Buzzkill
The way a small pot tips under its heavy handlePhysicsOnTap
The 'Balance Transfer' offer and the illusion of escaping debtMillennialDebtTrap
The historical evidence for segmented sleep patternsFactCheckFelix
The beaver gland secretion in 'natural' vanilla flavoringDr. Marcus Thorne
The physical loss of fingernails inside pressurized space suit glovesAstro_Ash
The wood frog's ability to freeze solid and stop its heartDr. Goo
The 1950s uranium penny stock bubbleBubbleWatcher_08
The $600 'quiet luxury' baseball cap worn by incognito urbanitesThe Shopping Scientist
The temporary fuel surcharge that outlasted the actual oil crisisEconBurnout_PhD
The 2000 John Titor specimen and the evolution of digital folkloreThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1911 theft of the Mona LisaHistoryBaddie_99
The decentralized nervous system of the octopusPivot_Prateek
The 'Boomerang Nebula': the coldest natural place in the universeAlistair Vance
Medieval relic-mongers selling bones scavenged from common graves as holy relicsBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1672 incident where a Dutch mob ate their Prime MinisterShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Hyperbolic Discounting' behind 'buy now, pay later' shoppingBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 1623 assembly of the Shakespeare First FolioGafferGazza_Reads
The logic of 'pathfinding algorithms' for navigating digital mapsNan_Binary
The way a supermarket trolley wheel starts wobbling at speedPubLogic_Gaz
The way a camel’s feet expand to walk on soft sandCaptain_Jugaad
The 'Necklace of Diamonds' maritime strategyGully_Googly
The 1745 'politeness' standoff at the Battle of FontenoyHistoryTea_spilled
The way a shadow stretches across the cafe floorEntropy_Espresso
The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion's reliance on outdated tourist mapsThe_History_Heist
The 'Drip Pricing' tactic of hiding fees until the final checkoutAd_Exposer_99
The 'Endogenous Retroviruses' embedded in the human genomeBioGlitch_Detective
The material persistence of a discarded 1980s rubber jelly shoeScrapHeap_Socrates
The 'McMansion' in suburban residential developmentsZoning_Zar_99
The vacuum decay of the universeFilmy_Funda
The informal logic of handkerchief-reserved seats in public busesMeterDown_Manoj
The elaborate hoax of Princess Caraboo in British societyChaiWithChitra
The way ocean gyres trap plastic in the open seaThe Wave Whisperer
The chemical mechanism of 'The Bends' in a diver's bloodstreamNurse_Bec_88
The 'Cost Disease' and why your haircut keeps getting pricierTradie_Kant_Wait
The 'high-maintenance' reality of Milan’s luxury Vertical Forest towersFlat White 42
The 'Beaufort Scale' and the measurement of umbrella-breaking windsPenelope_Cloudy
The way teasel leaves trap water to drown climbing insectsDiggingWithDave
The way asparagus changes the scent of your urineAlistair Cook-Book
The prosthetic nose and intemperate pet moose of Tycho BraheDr. Diggory
The Libor interest rate-fixing scandalPoshSosh
The legal status of the Mount Athos monastic republicSelected_Sandeep
The way street-side falooda seeds develop a gelatinous outer layerTikki_Tadka
The way a heavy wine bottle glugs when poured too fastPhysicsOnTap
The 'extended warranty' pitch at the electronics store checkoutMillennialDebtTrap
The archaeological identification of Victorian 'tear bottles' used in mourningFactCheckFelix
The 1853 Perry Expedition to JapanCashFlowKing_1776
The sun's corona being millions of degrees hotter than its surfaceInterstellar_Karen
The emptiness of the Eridanus SupervoidVoidNavigator_99
The 'mycotoxin-free' claims of viral coffee brandsSarah_NoFilter
The 'sandwich method' for delivering performance feedbackCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 30-day money-back guaranteeThe_Broke_Economist
The trillions of bacteria living inside a used kitchen spongeDr.GrossOut
The process of synaptic pruning in the developing human brainPivot_Prateek
Gangkhar Puensum: the world's highest mountain that remains unclimbedAlistair Vance
The 18th-century scavenging of discarded 'rabbit-skins' for making cheap felt hatsBinChicken_DeepDive
The 18th-century trend of renting pineapples as party status symbolsShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Barnum Effect' in a viral personality quizBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 19th-century rise of the Penny Dreadful serialsGafferGazza_Reads
The way 'responsive design' makes a website fit any screen sizeNan_Binary
The way a wet umbrella sprays water when spunPubLogic_Gaz
The way a firefly produces light without generating heatCaptain_Jugaad
The 'Shadow Fleet' bypassing global oil sanctionsGully_Googly
The industrial 'forever chemicals' lining your 'convenient' microwave popcorn bagsDr. Marcus Thorne
The Garn scale for measuring astronaut space sicknessAstro_Ash
The Galapagos vampire finch's habit of drinking bloodDr. Goo
The 17th-century 'Kipper und Wipper' financial crisisBubbleWatcher_08
The $600 designer fire extinguisher for luxury kitchen decorThe Shopping Scientist
The 'technology fee' for a college course taught entirely on ZoomEconBurnout_PhD
The 2006 Habbo Hotel 'Pool's Closed' avatar swarmThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1814 London Beer FloodHistoryBaddie_99
The 1792 'Petticoat Duel' sparked by an insult about agingHistoryTea_spilled
The way a full tray of lattes wobbles when walkingEntropy_Espresso
The 1945 Korean border's creation using a National Geographic mapThe_History_Heist
The 'End-of-Aisle' display of full-priced items in grocery storesAd_Exposer_99