A pay toilet was pretty common back in the day. It is a public restroom that requires the user to pay a fee before the facility can be utilized. The reason for charging money is usually for the maintenance of the space. The practice of paying to use a toilet dates back nearly 2000 years, […]
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Darkman is an American superhero film directed and co-written by Samuel M. Raimi. It was released in 1990. The film starred Liam Neeson who played the scientist, Peyton Westlake. It was based on Raimi’s short story that pays homage to Universal’s horror films from the 1930s. But did you know how Universal Pictures found out
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American aviator in the United States Marine Corps before joining NASA to become one of the first men in space. Glenn was also the first man to go around the earth, but did you ever wonder who verified the computation of that particular mission? When NASA employed electronic computers
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Thanks to director Eli Roth and his creative imagination, the 2005 film Hostel is now considered one of the new classic slasher horror movies. The movie was so good that it became an instant hit. But did you know why Slovakia hated the movie? Hostel negatively affected tourism in Slovakia as it was portrayed as
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The process under federal law by which a US citizen or national can voluntarily or intentionally give up that status and become an alien with respect to the United States is called Relinquishment of United States nationality. How much does it cost to push through with the process? When you renounce your citizenship, you are
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Back in May 2016, 24/7 Wall Street published a ranking of America’s drunkest and driest cities. The running was based on self-reported drinking rates among adults in over 380 cities in the United States. The data was then compared with country-level data collected by the Robert Wood Johson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population
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Chinese gooseberry is more popularly known as the kiwifruit. It was first popularized back in the 12th Century during the Song Dynasty. Its cultivation began in the early 20th Century when it fastly spread from China to New Zealand. But who was the Kiwi Queen who made it famous in American produce aisles? In a
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Star Trek was one of the most influential sci-fi shows in the twentieth century. But despite its popularity, it was not immune to social issues at the time. Members of the show also experienced racial discrimination on and off the set. But did you know how discrimination found itself in its animated series? Leonard Nimoy,
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In 2020, there were 340 million workplace accidents in the United States alone. In addition to this, about 160 million people in the workforce are affected by work-related illnesses. But the meatpacking industry has the most number of accidents that often result in a loss of limb. US meatpacking workers are three times more likely
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The Merrie Monarch King Kalākaua was known for his flamboyant and fun-loving ways. He was the last king of Hawaii before it became part of the US. But did you know he was a pioneer for something quite unexpected? King Kalākaua was the last king of the Hawaiian kingdom and the first reigning monarch to
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