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The idiosyncratic definitions in Samuel Johnson's 1755 DictionaryGafferGazza_Reads
How blockchain technology prevents anyone from changing digital recordsNan_Binary
The rainbow colors in a petrol puddle on a rainy streetPubLogic_Gaz
The passive water-collection system of a desert beetleCaptain_Jugaad
The First Island Chain in the Western PacificGully_Googly
The reason behind King Louis XIV's red-heeled shoesThe Ego Architect
The 1494 Treaty of TordesillasCashFlowKing_1776
The Shapiro delay in radio signals passing the SunArthur T. Chronos
The Boomerang Nebula's near-absolute-zero temperatureInterstellar_Karen
The Carboniferous period's un-decaying forestsDr. Fossil-Feud
The estimated market value of the 16 Psyche asteroidVoidNavigator_99
The variance of returns in passive income vending machine businessesBenjamin J. Sterling
The molecular composition of agave nectarSarah_NoFilter
The 'Auto-play' countdown on video streaming platformsGlitchInTheMatrix
Seating arrangements in the corporate boardroomCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 1834 burning of Parliament by discarded wooden tally sticksDr. Arthur Grift
The 'suggested tip' percentages on coffee shop checkout screensThe_Broke_Economist
Hiccups: an ancient amphibian glitch in the human meat-suitThe Meat-Suit Mechanic
The bacterial breakdown of sweat in your armpitsDr.GrossOut
Sarah Churchill’s blackmail letters to Queen AnneHistoryTea_spilled
The way a wet coaster sticks to a lifted glassEntropy_Espresso
The five-week deadline for the 1947 Radcliffe LineThe_History_Heist
The use of slow-tempo music in grocery storesAd_Exposer_99
The human body's broken Vitamin C geneBioGlitch_Detective
The evolution from the electric telegraph to instant messagingTesla's Roommate
The unit economics of dockless electric scooter rentalsMarcus J. Sterling
Hoarding credit card points instead of redeeming themMarcus J. Thorne
The acceleration of universal heat death caused by tidying your roomDr. Buzzkill
The way a stack of wet plates suctions togetherPhysicsOnTap
The 'Sunk Cost Fallacy' of unused annual gym membershipsMillennialDebtTrap
The 1968 Miss America bra-burning protestFactCheckFelix
The rendered animal fat used to coat your soft laundryDr. Marcus Thorne
The 2018 drill hole mystery on the Soyuz capsuleAstro_Ash
The shrike bird’s habit of impaling its dinner on thornsDr. Goo
The 1990s Pets.com sock puppet and the dot-com bubbleBubbleWatcher_08
The $100 'minimalist' titanium wallet phenomenonThe Shopping Scientist
The four dollar fee for using an out-of-network ATMEconBurnout_PhD
The 1998 AIM 'Away Message' as a digital social artifactThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1859 Pig War on San Juan IslandHistoryBaddie_99
The biomechanical flaws of the human kneePivot_Prateek
The planet where a single day outlasts its entire yearAlistair Vance
The 19th-century 'dust-heaps' of London scavenged for cinders and bonesBinChicken_DeepDive
The discovery of Henrietta Lacks' immortal HeLa cellsShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Bandwagon Effect' during a winning streakBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 1922 simultaneous release of Ulysses and The Waste LandGafferGazza_Reads
The way a computer generates random numbersNan_Binary
The way pub windows fog up on a rainy Tuesday nightPubLogic_Gaz
The desalination mechanism of a mangrove tree's rootsCaptain_Jugaad
The Malacca DilemmaGully_Googly
The 1780s 'ménage à trois' scandal of the Duchess of DevonshireHistoryTea_spilled
The way a heavy espresso machine vibrates the wooden counterEntropy_Espresso
The patent lawsuits of the 1903 Wright FlyerThe_History_Heist
The use of small floor tiles to slow down supermarket shoppersAd_Exposer_99
The human tailbone at the base of the spineBioGlitch_Detective
The economic narrative of a discarded 1950s metal lunchboxScrapHeap_Socrates
The pedestrian beg button at traffic intersectionsZoning_Zar_99
The future collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxiesFilmy_Funda
The informal social hierarchy of day-laborer crowds at city intersectionsMeterDown_Manoj
The scandalous fallout between Queen Anne and the Duchess of MarlboroughChaiWithChitra
How headlands cause incoming swells to bend and wrapThe Wave Whisperer
The chemical mechanism of paralysis in a blue-ringed octopus biteNurse_Bec_88
The rise of luxury utes that never see a dirt trackTradie_Kant_Wait
The eerie windowless facade of New York’s 33 Thomas StreetFlat White 42
The recurrence of the 'European Monsoon' during June bank holidaysPenelope_Cloudy
The subterranean nutrient exchange between fungi and tree rootsDiggingWithDave
The way a sourdough starter bubbles and doubles in sizeAlistair Cook-Book
The 1511 'Wonderland' snowman protests in BrusselsDr. Diggory
The 2013 Taper TantrumPoshSosh
The Antarctic Treaty’s legal freeze on national territorial claimsSelected_Sandeep
The cooling mechanism of a street-side clay matkaTikki_Tadka
The rainbow shimmer on a slice of deli meatPhysicsOnTap
The 'endowment effect' in 30-day money-back guaranteesMillennialDebtTrap
The 'medieval water was too toxic to drink' mythFactCheckFelix
The 1875 British purchase of Suez Canal sharesCashFlowKing_1776
The total silence of the vacuum of spaceInterstellar_Karen
The 1967 Outer Space TreatyVoidNavigator_99
The chemistry behind the celery juice detox trendSarah_NoFilter
The 'CC' field in corporate emailsCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 'original price' strikethrough on retail discount tagsThe_Broke_Economist
The yellow crust in your eyes after sleepingDr.GrossOut
The human ability to digest milk in adulthoodPivot_Prateek
Zealandia: the hidden eighth continent submerged beneath the Pacific OceanAlistair Vance
Victorian 'Resurrection Men' scavenging fresh corpses for medical schoolsBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1859 Pig War boundary dispute on San Juan IslandShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Sunk Cost Fallacy' of a star player's massive contractBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
Georges Perec's 1969 novel written without the letter 'e'GafferGazza_Reads
The way a computer uses metadata to organize digital photosNan_Binary
The way a pool table sorts the white cue ballPubLogic_Gaz
The impact-resistant structure of a coconut shellCaptain_Jugaad
The cluster of foreign military bases in DjiboutiGully_Googly
The industrial solvent used to decaffeinate your commercial coffee beansDr. Marcus Thorne
The 480 million copper needles abandoned in orbit by Project West FordAstro_Ash
The bowerbird's obsessive nest decoratingDr. Goo
The 1970s Hunt brothers' attempt to corner the silver marketBubbleWatcher_08
The $100 tactical diaper bag trendThe Shopping Scientist
The price of a replacement printer ink cartridgeEconBurnout_PhD
The 2011 'Planking' craze and the ritual of digital mimicryThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1672 Dutch mob attack on Johan de WittHistoryBaddie_99
The 1753 public fallout between Voltaire and Frederick the GreatHistoryTea_spilled
The way a barista's apron strings tangle in the washEntropy_Espresso