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The Disney Dollar is Currency Created by The Disney Company for Use Within Their Theme Parks and Hotels. While You Can Still Redeem Them Today, The Official Printing Ended in 2016.

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Knowing how much people love collecting everything Disney-related, the Disney dollar was a fantastic opportunity to offer both a currency and an inexpensive way for guests to acquire a little piece of that enchantment. But what is the Disney Dollar exactly? The “Disney Dollar” is a currency the Walt Disney Company designed for usage in […]

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Cellphone Jammer

A Florida Man Used a Cell Phone Jammer Everyday While Travelling to Work Because He Didn’t Want Drivers Around Him to be Distracted by Their Phones.

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Almost 390,000 injuries occur yearly due to drivers texting while behind the wheel. In fact, according to statistics, one out of four vehicular accidents are caused by this. Several laws have been passed regarding this, officially making it illegal to text and drive. But it is challenging to implement. Here is where Jason Humphreys comes

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Jeremy Bush, Sinkhole Victim

In 2013, in Florida, a Sinkhole Unexpectedly Opened Up Beneath a Man’s Bedroom While He was Sleeping and Swallowed Him Whole.

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A sinkhole is a ground depression with no natural external surface drainage. When it rains, the water remains inside the sinkhole and drains into the subsurface. But did you hear about the sleeping man whose entire bedroom got swallowed by a sinkhole? A sinkhole unexpectedly opened up beneath a sleeping man’s bedroom in Florida in

In 2013, in Florida, a Sinkhole Unexpectedly Opened Up Beneath a Man’s Bedroom While He was Sleeping and Swallowed Him Whole. Read More »

Braxton Bragg

Confederate General Braxton Bragg Served as Both a Commander and Quastermaster During the Civil War, He Would Request Supplies to Himself and Then Deny Them

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General Braxton Bragg is generally considered one of the worst generals during the Civil War. Most of the battles he engaged in ended badly. After the war, he returned to Louisiana and discovered that the Union Army had taken his plantation. He ended up being an engineer at the New Orleans Waterworks. But did you

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Castillo De San Marcos

What is the Mystery Behind Cannonball-Eating Fort?

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During the time the Spaniards still occupied Florida they built a fort out of a sedimentary rock that was formed from compressed shells of dead marine life. But what is the significance of this particular material and what was the mystery behind the cannonball-eating fort? Castillo de San Marcos, a Spanish-built fort in Florida, was

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How Did Mark Welch Influence the Residents of Quincy, Florida?

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Quincy, Florida, once became the most affluent city in the United States of America as it once housed more than 60 Coca-Cola millionaires. As income from the Coca-Cola dividends came pouring in, Quincy remained resilient despite the Great Depression during the 1930s and the recessions that followed.  Mark Welch Munroe, commonly called Mr. Pat or

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Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are able to fly across the Golf of Mexico, a distance of 500 miles, in one 20-hour non-stop flight. This requires more calories than the bird’s weight, so they prepare by doubling their fat mass. They expend the entire caloric reserve during the flight.

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Ruby-throated hummingbird The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi River in North

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are able to fly across the Golf of Mexico, a distance of 500 miles, in one 20-hour non-stop flight. This requires more calories than the bird’s weight, so they prepare by doubling their fat mass. They expend the entire caloric reserve during the flight. Read More »

In 1948, a man wore 30-pound, 3-toed lead shoes and stomped around a Florida beach in the night. The footprints lead people to believe that a 15-foot tall penguin was roaming their lands. He kept up the prank for 10 years, visiting various beaches. The hoax wasn’t revealed until 40 years later.

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Florida’s Giant Penguin There’s just too much weird stuff in Florida to quit after three days. Maybe a fourth Strange States entry will let us get it all out of our system… The Giant Penguin of Clearwater, Florida In February 1948, the residents of Clearwater, Florida—then a small town of only about 15,000 people—were drawn

In 1948, a man wore 30-pound, 3-toed lead shoes and stomped around a Florida beach in the night. The footprints lead people to believe that a 15-foot tall penguin was roaming their lands. He kept up the prank for 10 years, visiting various beaches. The hoax wasn’t revealed until 40 years later. Read More »

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