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The abrasive, equipment-shredding properties of lunar dustAstro_Ash
The sea slug's self-decapitation survival hackDr. Goo
The 1920s Florida Land BoomBubbleWatcher_08
The emotional support water bottle phenomenonThe Shopping Scientist
Subscription fees for your car's heated seatsEconBurnout_PhD
The 1999 Oolong rabbit and the evolution of image macrosThe Algorithm Whisperer
The Dancing Plague of 1518HistoryBaddie_99
The 'tears of wine' phenomenon inside a glassPhysicsOnTap
The psychology of the 'Free Shipping' minimum spendMillennialDebtTrap
Average life expectancy in the Middle AgesFactCheckFelix
The construction of the Palace of VersaillesThe Ego Architect
The Affair of the Diamond NecklaceHistoryTea_spilled
The British East India Company's 1773 corporate bailoutCashFlowKing_1776
The time lag between the Earth's core and its crustArthur T. Chronos
The crushing atmospheric pressure and sulfuric clouds of VenusInterstellar_Karen
The irreversible swirl of milk in your morning coffeeEntropy_Espresso
The Great Oxygenation EventDr. Fossil-Feud
The Goldilocks ZoneVoidNavigator_99
The survivorship bias of college dropout billionairesBenjamin J. Sterling
The mineral impurities in Himalayan pink saltSarah_NoFilter
The 'Pull-to-refresh' animation on mobile social feedsGlitchInTheMatrix
The clerical error that opened the Berlin WallThe_History_Heist
Mandatory corporate team-building retreatsCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The giant Rai stone currency of Yap IslandDr. Arthur Grift
The 'Free Shipping' threshold and irrational cart paddingThe_Broke_Economist
The 'Anchor Price' on a restaurant wine listAd_Exposer_99
Sweaty palms during a job interviewThe Meat-Suit Mechanic
The layer of bacterial slime coating your teeth every morningDr.GrossOut
The shared pipe for breathing and swallowingBioGlitch_Detective
Touchscreens: Operating a pocket-sized analytical engine through enchanted glassTesla's Roommate
The unit economics of 15-minute grocery delivery appsMarcus J. Sterling
The economic signaling of purchasing a high-end engagement ringMarcus J. Thorne
The Demodex mites currently mating on your eyelashesDr. Buzzkill
The sheep wool grease used in chewing gumDr. Marcus Thorne
The Kessler SyndromeAstro_Ash
The tongue-eating louseDr. Goo
The Brazil Nut Effect in a jar of mixed nutsPhysicsOnTap
The 1820s Poyais investment fraudBubbleWatcher_08
The $20 designer wellness smoothie phenomenonThe Shopping Scientist
The 'Minimum Payment' trap on credit card statementsMillennialDebtTrap
The 25% tip prompt at a self-service kioskEconBurnout_PhD
The Trojan Room coffee pot and the birth of webcamsThe Algorithm Whisperer
The trial of Pope Formosus's corpseHistoryBaddie_99
The visibility of the Great Wall from spaceFactCheckFelix
The rivalry between Maria Theresa and Frederick the GreatHistoryTea_spilled
Why bubbles in a cappuccino foam drift apartEntropy_Espresso
The seven prisoners of the BastilleThe_History_Heist
The 'Decoy Effect' in movie theater popcorn sizingAd_Exposer_99
The messy routing of the recurrent laryngeal nerveBioGlitch_Detective
Why toast always lands butter-side downPhysicsOnTap
The 'lifestyle creep' phenomenon after a first major salary increaseMillennialDebtTrap
The 'thumbs down' gesture in Roman gladiator combatFactCheckFelix
The 1602 Dutch East India Company IPOCashFlowKing_1776
The rude gravitational time dilation near a supermassive black holeInterstellar_Karen
The Boötes VoidVoidNavigator_99
Activated charcoal in 'detox' smoothiesSarah_NoFilter
The open-plan office layoutCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 'limited edition' tag on mass-produced sneakersThe_Broke_Economist
The microscopic mites mating in your facial poresDr.GrossOut
The industrial paint pigment used to whiten non-dairy coffee creamerDr. Marcus Thorne
The 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter unit conversion errorAstro_Ash
The parasitic barnacle Sacculina and its crab hostsDr. Goo
The 1840s British Railway ManiaBubbleWatcher_08
The $1,000 smart stationary bike used as a laundry rackThe Shopping Scientist
The 'convenience fee' for printing your own concert ticketEconBurnout_PhD
The 1998 Hampster Dance and the birth of viral web-loopsThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1835 Great Moon HoaxHistoryBaddie_99
The severed ear that triggered the War of Jenkins' EarHistoryTea_spilled
The way a spilled latte spreads across the cafe floorEntropy_Espresso
The business interests behind the Boston Tea PartyThe_History_Heist
The 'loss leader' strategy behind Costco's rotisserie chickenAd_Exposer_99
The human prostate wrapping around the urethraBioGlitch_Detective
The Leidenfrost effect on a searing hot panPhysicsOnTap
The 'Doom Spending' habit during periods of economic pessimismMillennialDebtTrap
The height of Napoleon Bonaparte in French measurementsFactCheckFelix
The stratigraphic layers of a 20th-century urban landfillScrapHeap_Socrates
The rise of the American stroadZoning_Zar_99
The Spaghettification effect near a black holeFilmy_Funda
The social hierarchy of vehicle horns in a traffic jamMeterDown_Manoj
Non-coding DNA sequences in the human genomePivot_Prateek
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace in pre-revolutionary FranceChaiWithChitra
Thermodynamic efficiency of a pressure cooker whistleEngg. Sharma Ji
The ostracism system in ancient AthensProducer_X
Point Nemo: The oceanic pole of inaccessibilityAlistair Vance
The formation of massive rogue waves in the open oceanThe Wave Whisperer
The chemistry of why hydrogen peroxide bubbles on an open woundNurse_Bec_88
The Roman practice of using urine to whiten laundryBinChicken_DeepDive
The shrinking size of modern suburban house blocksTradie_Kant_Wait
The 1518 Dancing Plague of StrasbourgShazza_The_Oracle
How a quantum computer stays colder than outer spaceThe Digital Drover
The 'Hot Hand' fallacy in gambling and sportsBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The car-melting glare of London’s Walkie Talkie buildingFlat White 42
The North Atlantic Jet Stream and persistent UK drizzlePenelope_Cloudy
The Great Vowel ShiftGafferGazza_Reads
The mass-produced plaster busts of Stoic philosophersThe Bric-a-Brac Philosopher
How sorting algorithms organize a messy tin of buttonsNan_Binary
Why Black Walnut trees kill everything growing beneath themDiggingWithDave
Why raw pineapple makes your tongue tingleAlistair Cook-Book
The 'empty seat' social dilemma on a crowded Tube carriageMindTheGap
The Dancing Plague of 1518Dr. Diggory