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The weird underbelly of Texas: 10 of the Lone Star State’s oddest sights Everybody's heading to Texas these days. Make sure you experience these weird places with unlikely histories and even weirder people.
Texas is potentially the state with the most individuality and liberty per square mile, and it makes no apologies for it. With little use for the opinion of authorities before they stick a spade in the ground, Texans have adorned their state with an array of strange and unique physical landmarks and properties. Sparky Park (Austin) Watch this video on YouTube Topping the charts is the very unique Sparky Park, Austin. That such a prime piece of land has been given over to artwork is impressive, particularly since, according to Texas Land, 96% of land in the state is privately bought and sold on the open market. Sparky Park, built from…
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Colonial Americans were pretty much always drunk The American Revolution was built on a foundation of booze, led by tavern addicted Founding Fathers who could drink any frat boy under the table.
Images of our Colonial forefathers usually involve powdered wigs, petticoats, and the thrill of throwing tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. Although we often think of their era as proper and civilized, it turns out that the people who led the American Revolution knew how to party. In fact, the American Revolution was built on a foundation of booze, led by tavern addicted Founding Fathers who could drink any college frat boy under the table. Beer saved the Mayflower The first settlers brought with them the English tradition of beer drinking. Even during the famous 1620 voyage of Pilgrims on board the Mayflower, beer saved the voyage. The water…
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The Christmas party that stopped a world war They defied the orders of their superiors, laid down their rifles, and celebrated Christmas with the enemy in No Man's Land.
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4 adorable facts about history’s greatest dictators Finally an excuse for those kawaii dictator memes.
Saddam Hussein wrote romance novels Really sappy ones too. Before he was found in a hole and hung from his neck while having someone record the snuff video, he was a jolly dictator who had hobbies. One of them was to write love stories on the side to show his softer side. When finding time out of his day to stop torturing people and shooting AK-47s into the air, he wrote the book Zabiba and the King. Zabiba and the King was a piece of historical fiction that portrayed Iraq as Zabibah, the lead female in the story. She was abused and raped by her sadistic husband, who was very…
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Colonial Americans were pretty much always drunk The American Revolution was built on a foundation of booze, led by tavern addicted Founding Fathers who could drink any frat boy under the table.
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The tragic story of a Victorian swindler and his spectacular underwater fantasy world Upon first glance, Britain's Witley Park in Surrey is just like any other extravagant Victorian mansion. But look closer.
Upon first glance, Britain’s Witley Park in Surrey is just like any other extravagant mansion, but there’s much more to this Victorian masterpiece than meets the eye. From the secret underwater ballroom to dramatic suicide deaths, the story behind the man who built the mansion is surprisingly tragic. Shady entrepreneur James Whitaker Wright Long before J. Whitaker Wright built his sprawling mansion in England, he was just a bright-eyed son of a Methodist Minister. Wright was the eldest of five children, and one of his younger brothers actually went on to invent the reversible trolley pole, a device that emits electricity from a wire to the motor of a trolleybus.…
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10 bizarre things bought with Bitcoin There was more than one "Bitcoin pizza moment."
A venus flytrap plant, alpaca socks, and space travel—these are just some of the cool things you can actually buy with Bitcoin (BTC). The cryptocurrency is starting to become widely accepted by major companies and industries worldwide, making this king of all cryptos accessible to everyone with digital devices connected to the Internet. But what exactly is Bitcoin and why do many folks in and out of the crypto sphere are fascinated by it? Simply put, Bitcoin is a new kind of money that is purely digital. It’s decentralized, borderless, highly volatile, with transactions that are difficult to trace. This is why it’s no surprise that you can score bizarre…
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6 inspirational design trends in modern celebrity homes These celebrity designer touches can hopefully inspire a little sparkle to smaller yet ambitious homes.
Imagine living in Bill Gates’ $125 million home with as many wildly over the top features you could think of – including rotating artwork, pressure-sensitive floors for security, and a whopping six different kitchens to design to your heart’s content. Celebrity homes have always been a subject of fascination, telling us as much about how the rich and famous enjoy their leisure time as about the latest high-tech features enhancing human home life and enjoyment. Of course, you don’t need to have a celebrity budget – or even a ridiculous amount of space – to design beautiful interiors. These are just six homes whose designer touches can easily inspire a…
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How an everyday American man became the overlord of thousands of Filipinos Kevin Horn was a normal man. Then he randomly decided to join a Filipino group on Facebook.
Kevin Horn was by all accounts a normal man, but one day he made the fateful decision to join a Filipino group on Facebook. There aren’t a lot of white Americans involved in the online Filipino community, but Kevin respected their culture, language, and most importantly, their memes. He now has thousands of loyal Filipino fans who hail him as their lord and savior. Here’s how it happened. Kevin wasn’t a stranger to memes, but his internet shenanigans one day landed him into a Facebook group titled “Fresh Sardines from West Philippine Sea Shitposting.” He already knew a little bit of Tagalog, so he tried to join in on the…
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Survival chemistry: How to mix your own grooming supplies in the post-apocalypse Whip up some lifesaving grooming supplies that'll keep you looking and smelling as good as the store-bought stuff you left behind in the old world.
Why is it you always seem to run out of deodorant on the night you’ve got the big date – or one week into a sweaty apocalypse? Thankfully, with some MacGyver-like ingenuity and a few common ingredients, you can whip up some lifesaving (and date-saving) grooming supplies that’ll keep you looking and smelling as good as the store-bought stuff you left behind in the old world. Toothpaste All you need to make your own toothpaste is baking soda, some salt, a bit of flavoring like cinnamon or vanilla if you want it to taste better, and some water. Mix 4 teaspoons of baking soda and 1/2 tsp of water until…
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20 badass facts about about pirates Arrrr, did you know?
Whether it’s the classic one-eyed, peg-legged, crow-sporting classic pirates or the modern day Somalian pirates in their boats of unfortunate quality… as long as there are oceans, there will be pirates lookin’ for booty. This is all stuff you already knew about pirates, but here are 20 badass things you might not have known about our favorite treasure-seeking friends, starting with a slight embarrassment. Julius Caesar crucified a whole pirate colony after being temporarily inconvenienced Julius Caesar was not someone to fuck around with, but he still found himself captured by some pirates when he crossed the Aegean Sea. The pirates thought they had scored big and demanded a hefty…
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Five true tales of beer saving the day Beer has often turned hairy situations right-side-up just by existing and isn't getting enough credit.
Remember the legend about the baker on the Titanic who survived freezing cold waters because he got plastered on brandy, and it made him impervious to hypothermia? Well, that’s mostly bullshit. While it’s true that a chef named Charles Joughin survived the sinking, the “plastered on brandy” part of his legend is more myth than reality. Regardless, his song remains the same — a subversive fairy-tale expounding the potential life-saving powers of alcohol that fathers can tell to sons, and drunks can tell themselves to justify going home condomless with a girl they can’t help but notice has a strange blister on her lip. Ah, fuck it. It’s probably nothing.…
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