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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 9 hours ago

    Home Taping Is Killing Music

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 9 hours ago
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    TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 4 hours ago

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    Silverchase@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day ago

    Democracy Manifest (the "succulent Chinese meal")

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    Plum@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 9 hours ago

    Wine fraud

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    Plum@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 9 hours ago
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    Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 23 hours ago

    Initial Teaching Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 23 hours ago
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    Plum@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago

    Windcatcher (architectural cooling tower used for thousands of years)

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    Plum@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago
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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 23 hours ago

    Fort Hood Three (the first soldiers to refuse to deploy to Vietnam)

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 23 hours ago
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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago

    Fladry (the use of suspended fabric strips to deter carnivores)

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago
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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago

    Bag Balm (salve for cow udders widely used by humans)

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago
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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 3 days ago

    Spiral of silence (theory that people censor themselves if they feel their opinion is in the minority)

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    crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 days ago

    Clear Channel memorandum (list of songs that program directors felt were "lyrically questionable" to play in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks)

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago

    Don Gorske (famous for eating many, many Big Macs)

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago
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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago

    Pseudacteon tricuspis (fire ant decapitating fly)

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 day ago
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    jegp@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

    Help! How do I start writing articles?

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 2 days ago

    Apollo Guidance Computer (one of the first computers based on silicon, source code available on github!)

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 2 days ago
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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 4 days ago

    Graham cracker (named for a preacher who was against earthly pleasure of any kind)

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 4 days ago
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    Plum@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 3 days ago

    Forbidden colors (Japan)

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    Plum@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 3 days ago
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    ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days ago

    Stop Killing Games

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    Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

    New Coke is 40 Years Old

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    Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days ago

    Curta - Wikipedia

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