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disastrous trivia roundup

disastrous trivia roundup

Calamities, fiascoes, debacles: a roundup of things disastrous.
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ignatius donnelly, king crank

ignatius donnelly, king crank

Minnesota’s contributions to American culture include Zubaz, hotdish, and a cheeseburger where you put the cheese inside the burger…
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a brief history of tire fires

a brief history of tire fires

I read once that shoulder-deep ruts were gouged into the ground at points along the Oregon trail. I doubt that’s true, but riding in a…
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a brief history of miniature golf

a brief history of miniature golf

Did you know mini-golf was hugely, monstrously popular in 1930? Neither did I. A report from August 1930 listed 25,000 miniature golf…
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a history of vending

a history of vending

“We started out some time ago with a machine for selling prophylactic goods. Maybe we ought to have been shot for that.” I. W. Schulman
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lost trivia roundup

lost trivia roundup

Pigeons of war, Ruth Buzzi, hat people, castaway depots, a gold-mining flim-flam man: a roundup of things obliquely lost…
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found trivia roundup

found trivia roundup

Heads, ancient cities, ideas, and ill-considered TV shows: a roundup of things found…
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timed trivia roundup

timed trivia roundup

A roundup of calendars, clocks, dating conventions, missing time, and lesser-known batman villains.
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lepidoptera trivia roundup

lepidoptera trivia roundup

A roundup of trivial things, obliquely, tangentially, and tenuously linked to butterflies…
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corrupted trivia roundup

corrupted trivia roundup

A roundup of frauds, flimflams, cheats, sandbags, dupes, bamboozles, deceptions, and corruption…
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A History of Anesthesia

A History of Anesthesia

A Terror That Surpasses All Description
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The Victorian Search for Gorillas, Evolution, and Humanness

The Victorian Search for Gorillas, Evolution, and Humanness

How Europe became fascinated with gorillas, and how gorillas shaped beliefs in evolution
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