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The Surinam toad's back-birthing processDr. Goo
The 1997 Albanian pyramid scheme collapseBubbleWatcher_08
The $50 artisanal small-batch clear ice cube phenomenonThe Shopping Scientist
Cereal boxes getting thinner while the price stays the sameEconBurnout_PhD
The 1993 Eternal September and the collapse of Usenet cultureThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 532 AD Nika Riots in ConstantinopleHistoryBaddie_99
The detour of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in giraffesPivot_Prateek
The Great Attractor: The gravitational anomaly pulling our entire galaxyAlistair Vance
DNA extracted from 5,000-year-old birch pitch chewing gum found in mudBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1726 medical hoax of Mary Toft and the rabbitsShazza_The_Oracle
The placebo effect of lucky socksBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 'Lost' ending of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury TalesGafferGazza_Reads
How digital files are compressed to save storage spaceNan_Binary
The physics of a sliding tackle on wet grassPubLogic_Gaz
The structural reinforcement of a hollow bamboo stalkCaptain_Jugaad
The Montreux Convention and the Bosphorus StraitGully_Googly
The 1785 secret marriage of the Prince of Wales and Maria FitzherbertHistoryTea_spilled
The way a flickering neon sign hums in the cafeEntropy_Espresso
The unpaid boat rental debt of the Fourth CrusadeThe_History_Heist
The 'Left-Digit Effect' in retail price tagsAd_Exposer_99
The evolutionary descent of the testes and inguinal herniasBioGlitch_Detective
The material decay of a discarded 1990s translucent pagerScrapHeap_Socrates
The drive-thru pharmacy windowZoning_Zar_99
The Great Attractor and its mysterious pull on our galaxyFilmy_Funda
The territorial logic of vendor crates on a busy sidewalkMeterDown_Manoj
The bitter power struggle between Cleopatra and her sister ArsinoeChaiWithChitra
The way salt spray seeds clouds above the breaking surfThe Wave Whisperer
The chemical reaction behind smelling salts used in the emergency roomNurse_Bec_88
The 'Principal-Agent Problem' in home renovation contractsTradie_Kant_Wait
The 'form over function' spiral ramp of the Guggenheim MuseumFlat White 42
The Azores High and the myth of a sunny bank holidayPenelope_Cloudy
How yellow rattle plants steal nutrients from grass rootsDiggingWithDave
The iridescent rainbow shimmer on a slice of roast beefAlistair Cook-Book
The 1567 murder of Lord Darnley at Kirk o' FieldDr. Diggory
The 1998 collapse of Long-Term Capital ManagementPoshSosh
The Montreux Convention’s control over the Bosphorus StraitSelected_Sandeep
The carbonation pressure inside a glass Goli Soda bottleTikki_Tadka
The spluttering of a nearly empty ketchup bottlePhysicsOnTap
The 'shrinkflation' strategy in grocery store snack aislesMillennialDebtTrap
The burning of witches during the Salem trialsFactCheckFelix
The 1698 Darien Scheme colonial investmentCashFlowKing_1776
The Armstrong Limit and the boiling of human bloodInterstellar_Karen
The density of the Intergalactic MediumVoidNavigator_99
The chemistry of apple cider vinegar gummiesSarah_NoFilter
The office pizza partyCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 'endowment effect' and your Facebook Marketplace listing priceThe_Broke_Economist
The liquid pus inside a ripening pimpleDr.GrossOut
The evolution of mammalian middle ear bones from reptilian jawbonesPivot_Prateek
The Wallace Line: the invisible boundary separating Asian and Australian wildlifeAlistair Vance
The ancient Roman mountain of discarded pottery shards at Monte TestaccioBinChicken_DeepDive
Thomas Austin’s 1859 release of rabbits into the Australian wildShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Halo Effect' of a winning smileBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 16th-century Inkhorn Controversy over foreign loanwordsGafferGazza_Reads
How a digital firewall screens incoming and outgoing network trafficNan_Binary
The 'cocktail party effect' in a noisy pubPubLogic_Gaz
The load-bearing mechanism of banyan tree prop rootsCaptain_Jugaad
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance DamGully_Googly
The coal tar derivatives used to color your breakfast cerealDr. Marcus Thorne
The 1986 Mir space station fungus and mold infestationAstro_Ash
The 'penis fencing' mating ritual of hermaphroditic flatwormsDr. Goo
The 1923 German hyperinflation and the 'Zero Stroke' conditionBubbleWatcher_08
The $150 countertop skincare refrigerator phenomenonThe Shopping Scientist
The 'convenience' markup on pre-cut fruit in plastic cupsEconBurnout_PhD
The 2005 Million Dollar Homepage and the pixelated land rushThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1679 Affair of the PoisonsHistoryBaddie_99
Empress Anna Ivanovna’s 1740 'Ice Palace' wedding punishmentHistoryTea_spilled
The way your reflection warps on a polished chrome milk pitcherEntropy_Espresso
The marketing of the Paul Revere legend by Henry LongfellowThe_History_Heist
The 'Scent Marketing' tactics used in luxury retail storesAd_Exposer_99
The crowded placement of human wisdom teethBioGlitch_Detective
The way spinning pizza dough flattens into a diskPhysicsOnTap
The 'Target Effect' and the psychology of unplanned impulse shoppingMillennialDebtTrap
The biological data behind the 'Alpha Wolf' hierarchyFactCheckFelix
The material legacy of a discarded 2010s plastic fidget spinnerScrapHeap_Socrates
The 'Cul-de-sac' street pattern in suburban developmentsZoning_Zar_99
The Heat Death of the UniverseFilmy_Funda
The informal social order of illegal electricity hookupsMeterDown_Manoj
The public fallout between Sigmund Freud and Carl JungChaiWithChitra
Filling petrol in the afternoon heat versus early morningEngg. Sharma Ji
The Gombe Chimpanzee WarProducer_X
How kelp forests dampen the energy of incoming swellsThe Wave Whisperer
The biochemical production of acetone during diabetic ketoacidosisNurse_Bec_88
The informal economy of 'mates rates' in local communitiesTradie_Kant_Wait
The way a gyroscope stays true while the world tiltsThe Digital Drover
The 'staircase to nowhere' layout of the Hudson Yards VesselFlat White 42
The Orographic Effect and Manchester's perpetual dampnessPenelope_Cloudy
A wobbly Bauhaus chair with a 'Sold As Seen' tagThe Bric-a-Brac Philosopher
The way stinging nettles colonize nitrogen-rich soil around compost heapsDiggingWithDave
The chemical reaction triggered by chopping a raw onionAlistair Cook-Book
The distortion of geographic distance on the London Underground mapMindTheGap
The 1566 murder of David Rizzio in Mary Stuart’s presenceDr. Diggory
The 2023 Credit Suisse collapsePoshSosh
The 18th-century 'Macaroni' subculture and their towering wigsSaree_Not_Sorry
The legal distinction between an island and a rock under UNCLOSSelected_Sandeep
The chemical reaction between acidic tamarind and brass street-food vesselsTikki_Tadka
The inefficiency of the Rubisco enzymePivot_Prateek
The South Atlantic Anomaly: the pothole in Earth's magnetic fieldAlistair Vance
The 19th-century trade of grinding Egyptian mummies into artist paintBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1907 forced quarantine of 'Typhoid Mary' MallonShazza_The_Oracle
The Ship of Theseus paradox in a total team rebuildBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)