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14 January 2025 17:52

In November 1980, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, a divorced single mother, became Iceland’s president, making history as Europe’s first female president and the first woman to be democratically elected as a head of state.

Vigdis credits her success to a pivotal event on October 24, 1975, when 90% of women in Iceland went on strike to demand equal rights. This day, known as Women’s Day Off, saw thousands of women take to the streets instead of going to work or managing households.

Vigdis describes this moment as a turning point for women’s emancipation in Iceland, stating, “It completely paralyzed the country and opened the eyes of many men.” The strike resulted in the closure of banks, factories, shops, schools, and nurseries, leaving many fathers to take their children to work.

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14 January 2025 02:28

An Ohio woman has pleaded guilty to attempted burglary after breaking into a home west of Cleveland, cleaning it, and leaving a bill for $75. The 53-year-old, Susan Warren, told authorities that while driving by the house one day in May, she decided she “wanted something to do.”

Warren broke into the home, washed some coffee cups, took out the trash, vacuumed, and dusted the interior. After finishing her work, she left a bill written on a napkin that included her phone number.

When police confronted Warren about the early-morning break-in, she claimed, “I do it all the time.”

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12 January 2025 18:30

The director explained: “When we went to shoot in Tokyo, it’s a very different culture. They don’t give out film permits. We would be setting up a scene and people would just walk right through the set. I had this one guy, I thought he said he was me. I didn’t know what that meant.”

“I wanted to shoot in Shibuya, which is the most crowded place in Tokyo. The cops they’re all so polite, so it takes ten minutes for them to come over and kick you out. They shut us down, I’d gotten all my shots, but I didn’t know they were going to arrest me. Another guy stepped up and said, ‘I’m the director.’ I found out that it was his job to take the fall for me. He went to jail for the night and I’m forever grateful.”

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12 January 2025 01:25

The first webcam was invented in 1991 by researchers at the University of Cambridge. To save people working in the building the disappointment of finding the coffee machine empty after making the trip to the room, a camera was set up providing a live picture of the coffee pot to all desktop computers on the office network.

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11 January 2025 18:26

Since 1988, residents and visitors have enjoyed snow-free streets and sidewalks in downtown Holland throughout winter.

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11 January 2025 00:44

“It was one of my best performances, by the way, ever,” Pitt said while recalling how he pretended to fight the police off.

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10 January 2025 07:24

The Appian Way, or Via Appia Antica, is one of Rome, Italy’s oldest and most historic roads. Established in 312 BC, it served as an essential link between Rome and the southern regions of Italy.

The road started as a leveled dirt path, which had small stones and mortar laid over it. Gravel was then added on top of this base, and finally, tightly fitting, interlocking stones were used to create a flat surface. The historian Procopius noted that the stones fit together so securely and seamlessly that they seemed to have grown together rather than being simply fitted.

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09 January 2025 21:35

Douglas Brent Hegdahl

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09 January 2025 17:46

Woman's 150 tea bag per day habit lead to bone disease

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09 January 2025 06:26

He claimed the $158,400,000 prize — which equals nearly $1.2 million in U.S. currency — without ever showing his face.

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26 December 2024 02:49

Patricia Stallings was wrongfully convicted of murder after the death of her son Ryan on September 7, 1989.

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25 December 2024 21:52

In 1997, a man reported his car stolen in Frankfurt, Germany, to the police.
Twenty years later, the authorities in the city tracked down the missing vehicle, only to discover that the man who owned it had, in fact, just forgotten where he’d parked the car and had assumed it had been stolen.
The vehicle was found in a garage in an old industrial building that is due to be demolished.
The car was in the way of the demolition so it was reported to the police who then investigated who the owner was.

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25 December 2024 07:23

When the body detects an infection, it sends neutrophils, a type of white blood cell, to destroy the fungi or bacteria.

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24 December 2024 19:42

The couple contacted Burger King for permission to use the company's logo on their wedding favors. When the chain learned about their request, it decided to support the couple by funding their wedding and providing branded merchandise to help create "a whopper of a wedding."

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24 December 2024 15:34

A Taiwanese man swallowed an AirPod while he was asleep. When he woke up, he activated Apple's tracking feature and heard beeping sounds coming from inside his body. The hospital confirmed that the earbud was in his stomach. He eventually passed it naturally. After washing and drying it, the AirPod worked as usual, with the battery at 41%.

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14 January 2025 02:28

He is sometimes referred to as the American father of ㅤmedicine.

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13 January 2025 02:08

A Russian scientist in Antarctica faces attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing a colleague for revealing book endings.

Sergey Savitsky is accused of stabbing welder Oleg Beloguzov in the chest at Bellingshausen Station. Beloguzov was evacuated to Chile for treatment and is reportedly not in danger.

Savitsky was arrested after the incident, which stemmed from an argument over Beloguzov's habit of spoiling book endings from the station's library.

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12 January 2025 18:30

Katko v. Briney, is a notable case decided by the Iowa Supreme Court. Homeowners Edward and Bertha Briney were found liable for battery after trespasser Marvin Katko was injured by a spring gun they had set as a mantrap in an uninhabited house on their property. The case has since been widely studied in tort law.

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11 January 2025 23:15

On April 6, 1893, Bowen and Jack Burke fought the longest boxing match in history. Initially, Bowen was set to face another opponent, but when that fighter withdrew, Burke, the original opponent’s trainer, stepped in. The match took place at the Olympic Club where Bowen had previously defended his title.

The fight lasted 110 rounds over seven hours and 19 minutes, with each round lasting three minutes. Some spectators even fell asleep during the event. At round 108, referee John Duffy declared that if there were no winner in the next two rounds, the bout would be ruled a “no contest.” Both fighters became too dazed and exhausted to continue, and Duffy declared the match a no-contest.

Burke broke all the bones in both of his hands and was bedridden for six weeks. He considered retirement but chose to keep competing, while Bowen fought four more times after this historic bout.

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11 January 2025 04:24

When cabin pressure decreases, the air inside your intestines increases. Since your colon has limited space and can only expand to a certain extent, a natural result is gas release. While you might try to hold your flatulence, doing so can lead to discomfort.

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11 January 2025 00:44

“In South Africa, we did cut some gu*ns in half to stop them from getting into circulation. The fact that it was so easy to buy gu*ns was distu*rbing. We also got some tanks, and the guy said, ‘I need them back by December because I’m selling them to Libya.’”

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10 January 2025 03:29

On April 1, 1979, an 18-year-old bricklayer’s apprentice named Mihavecz was mistakenlylaced in custody after being aassenger in a crashed car. He was forgotten in a holding cell by threeolicemen who believed that one of the others had already released him. Despite his mother’s desperateleas for information about her son’s whereabouts, the officers ignored her concerns.

Since Mihavecz’s cell was located in the basement, no one could hear his cries for help. He managed to survive by drinking condensed water from the walls and ultimately lost 24 kg (53ounds) during his ordeal. Eighteen days later, on April 19, an officer who had unrelated business in the basement discovered the cell after noticing a foul smell coming from it. Mihavecz required several weeks to recover his health.

In the subsequent criminal trial, the threeolicemen accused each other of negligence. Ultimately, they were fined an amount equivalent to 2,000 EUR, as there was no conclusive evidence of criminal neglect or who was...

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09 January 2025 21:35

Women's pockets are typically about half the size of men's pockets.

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09 January 2025 06:26

If you decide not to release a fart, some of the gas will be reabsorbed into the circulatory system. From there, it goes to the lungs for a gas exchange throughout the pulmonary circulation system and is expelled through breathing.

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26 December 2024 14:59

Bruce Bridgeman, a psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, struggled with poor depth perception until he watched the 3D film *Hugo*, directed by Martin Scorsese, in February 2012. After viewing the movie, he suddenly experienced an improved sense of depth, and this phenomenon continued even after he left the cinema.

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26 December 2024 00:47

Strict parenting can seriously influence children's behavior and tendency to deceive, particularly towards their parents.

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25 December 2024 15:32

The Navajo people celebrate a baby's first laugh with a special family party, called the First Laugh Ceremony (A'wee Chi'deedloh).

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24 December 2024 23:32

A person with the Fregoli delusion may also inaccurately recall places, objects, and events.

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24 December 2024 19:42

The owner found the accused in her home watching TV.

“He had started a fire in the fireplace and prepared himself a meal. He said he had been driving by, and the door was open, so he came in.

“Today was my first full day at the ranch,” he wrote in the diary. “I fed the cats and horses. So much I can do here I have to remind myself to just relax and take my time.

“I don’t feel alone here, I guess with 2 cats and 3 horses it’s kinda hard to be alone. Last night I had a fire in the house. It was so (peaceful). I slept like a little baby."
He pleaded guilty to possessing stolen property and being unlawfully in a dwelling house stemming from a bizarre incident north of Kamloops, B.C.

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24 December 2024 04:47

They surrounded the entire home with a "ring of fire," preventing cockroaches from escaping or moving to the adjacent houses.