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The static cling of coffee grounds in a burr grinderEntropy_Espresso
The sugar industry's role in the 1893 Hawaiian coupThe_History_Heist
The 'Free Shipping' threshold in online shopping cartsAd_Exposer_99
The evolutionary glitch of human hiccupsBioGlitch_Detective
The sudden eruption of a beer bottle tapped from abovePhysicsOnTap
The 'Anchor Pricing' strategy on luxury outlet tagsMillennialDebtTrap
The 1929 Wall Street Crash suicide waveFactCheckFelix
The material decay of a discarded 1950s Bakelite telephoneScrapHeap_Socrates
The ecological footprint of the American manicured lawnZoning_Zar_99
The Twin Paradox in special relativityFilmy_Funda
The 'jugaad' logic of shared rickshaw seatingMeterDown_Manoj
The scandalous fall of Rasputin in the Russian Imperial courtChaiWithChitra
Thermodynamic wastage of leaving ceiling fans on in empty roomsEngg. Sharma Ji
The brood parasitism of the Common CuckooProducer_X
The physics of nose riding on a longboardThe Wave Whisperer
The biochemical conversion of ethanol into toxic acetaldehyde during hangoversNurse_Bec_88
The 'Dutch Disease' in resource-rich economiesTradie_Kant_Wait
The way quantum entanglement links two particles across the universeThe Digital Drover
The sinking foundations of San Francisco’s luxury Millennium TowerFlat White 42
The geography of the Atacama Desert’s multi-century droughtPenelope_Cloudy
The chipped 'memento mori' skull in a Dutch vanitas paintingThe Bric-a-Brac Philosopher
The relentless spread of Japanese knotweed through garden wallsDiggingWithDave
Why salt makes cucumbers release water in a saladAlistair Cook-Book
The 'Stand on the Right' rule on London Underground escalatorsMindTheGap
The 1520 Field of the Cloth of Gold summitDr. Diggory
The 2022 British mini-budget market meltdownPoshSosh
The twenty-inch tall chopine platforms of Renaissance VeniceSaree_Not_Sorry
The Kármán line and the legal boundary of outer spaceSelected_Sandeep
The porous structure of a deep-fried pani puri shellTikki_Tadka
The endosymbiotic origin of mitochondriaPivot_Prateek
The Boötes Void: the largest empty space in the universeAlistair Vance
The 18th-century 'Toshers' scavenging in London's sewersBinChicken_DeepDive
The 19th-century Bone Wars between Marsh and CopeShazza_The_Oracle
The Dunning-Kruger effect in armchair expertsBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The transition from 'thou' to 'you' in the English languageGafferGazza_Reads
The logic of a digital handshake between devicesNan_Binary
The unwritten rules of the pub bar queuePubLogic_Gaz
The structural weaving of a Baya Weaver's nestCaptain_Jugaad
The Silicon Shield of TaiwanGully_Googly
The building of the Neuschwanstein CastleThe Ego Architect
The Venetian financing of the Fourth CrusadeCashFlowKing_1776
The 38-microsecond daily timing error in GPS satellitesArthur T. Chronos
The lack of a solid surface on the planet JupiterInterstellar_Karen
The Messinian Salinity CrisisDr. Fossil-Feud
The five Lagrange pointsVoidNavigator_99
The Pareto Distribution of side-hustle earningsBenjamin J. Sterling
Collagen peptide powders in your morning coffeeSarah_NoFilter
The red notification dot on app iconsGlitchInTheMatrix
The 360-degree performance reviewCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 19th-century Poyais land fraud schemeDr. Arthur Grift
The 'Sunk Cost Fallacy' of an unused annual gym membershipThe_Broke_Economist
Goosebumps while watching a horror movieThe Meat-Suit Mechanic
The bacterial colony thriving in your belly button lintDr.GrossOut
Marie Antoinette’s fake peasant village at VersaillesHistoryTea_spilled
The way an overfilled muffin expands in the ovenEntropy_Espresso
The real estate speculation behind the location of Washington D.C.The_History_Heist
The 'Shrinkflation' strategy in grocery store snack packagingAd_Exposer_99
The 26-bone structure of the human footBioGlitch_Detective
The Global Positioning System: A constellation of atomic clocks in the heavensTesla's Roommate
The unit economics of venture-backed meal kit delivery servicesMarcus J. Sterling
Staying in a toxic relationship to avoid 'wasted' yearsMarcus J. Thorne
The slow radioactive decay of the carbon-14 in your skeletonDr. Buzzkill
The way honey coils as it drips onto toastPhysicsOnTap
The 'Breakage' profit from unredeemed gift cardsMillennialDebtTrap
The myth of slave labor in pyramid constructionFactCheckFelix
The charred animal bones used to bleach white sugarDr. Marcus Thorne
The South Atlantic AnomalyAstro_Ash
The bombardier beetle’s boiling chemical sprayDr. Goo
The 17th-century Dutch tulip bulb frenzyBubbleWatcher_08
The rise of 'Buy Now, Pay Later' loans for $15 burritosThe Shopping Scientist
The 'Free Shipping' threshold that makes you spend more to saveEconBurnout_PhD
The GeoCities 'Under Construction' gif as a digital artifactThe Algorithm Whisperer
Emperor Elagabalus's chaotic dinner partiesHistoryBaddie_99
The Great Oxidation EventPivot_Prateek
The Kármán Line: The invisible boundary where space officially beginsAlistair Vance
The 19th-century use of ancient Egyptian papyrus for wrapping groceriesBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1904 Olympic Marathon in St. LouisShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Bystander Effect' in a crowded streetBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
Ernest Hemingway's minimalist Iceberg Theory of proseGafferGazza_Reads
The way computers store and clear temporary cache memoryNan_Binary
Why a wet beer mat sticks to your pint glassPubLogic_Gaz
The shock-absorbing mechanism of a woodpecker's skullCaptain_Jugaad
The Suwalki GapGully_Googly
The 1772 Struensee Affair in the Danish courtHistoryTea_spilled
The way the morning coffee line stretches out the doorEntropy_Espresso
The property claims of the Alamo defendersThe_History_Heist
The 'artificial scarcity' tactics of limited-edition sneaker dropsAd_Exposer_99
The vestigial goosebump reflex on hairless human skinBioGlitch_Detective
The indestructible polymer bond of a discarded 1970s Tupperware lidScrapHeap_Socrates
The disappearance of the American front porchZoning_Zar_99
The Ship of Theseus paradoxFilmy_Funda
The informal social hierarchy of public water tanker queuesMeterDown_Manoj
The 17th-century 'Affair of the Poisons' in the French courtChaiWithChitra
The Coriolis effect's influence on global ocean currentsThe Wave Whisperer
The chemical crystallization of calcium oxalate kidney stonesNurse_Bec_88
The 'Sunk Cost Fallacy' in massive infrastructure projectsTradie_Kant_Wait
The "hostile architecture" of London’s slanted Camden benchesFlat White 42
The formation of 'Sea Fret' along the North Sea coastPenelope_Cloudy
The protection racket between ants and aphids on bean stalksDiggingWithDave
Why a seared steak develops a brown crustAlistair Cook-Book