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TriviaAlexander Graham Bell vs Thomas Edison - telephone greetings

When the telephone appeared in the 1870s, people worried about receiving calls from people to whom they had not been properly...

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AnecdotesThe Simpsons responds to George H. W. Bush family values

In January 1992, during a campaign stop at a gathering of the National Religious Broadcasters, George H. W. Bush made...

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AnecdotesIdealistic parents dress their child in trackpants

"Mr Anderegg [in Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them] tells a funny and moving story of one of his patients, a...

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TriviaConfession booms in America

"Americans are flocking to confess their sins as Protestants have joined their Catholic counterparts in modernizing...

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TriviaLife & Monopoly Board Games Revised

In the board-game industry, the 1960 Game of Life, which has sold thirty-five million copies, is like that portrait of...

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TriviaLife & Monopoly Board Games Revised

In the board-game industry, the 1960 Game of Life, which has sold thirty-five million copies, is like that portrait of...

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ImagesBoob Tube Cartoon

Brilliant.. television is dumbing down America..

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TriviaWebsites commemorating shopping malls

So many malls have died or are dying that a new hobby has appeared: amateur shopping-mall hi

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AnecdotesAbortion & crime

"[Steven Levitt`s] paper linking a rise in abortion to a drop in crime has made more noise than the rest combined. Levitt...

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