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Balloons Might One Day Become Extinct

With helium shortages already a problem, the future of balloons is up in the air.

Regular people are taking it upon themselves to make fixes and repairs around their cities, from cutting back overgrowth to filling in potholes.

The impressive tasks patients have performed while lying on operating tables with parts of their brains exposed.

From rings and necklaces to even keys and cutlery, certain metal objects can cause people to feel so physically repulsed they might even throw up.

How not to alert the world to the fact that you just got high.

The kink that burns like fiyah.

From Jim Henson muppets to shrunken heads, an enterprising Alabama business sells the items people forget and leave behind while traveling.

Who knew these cute, little songs were so macabre?

Who Still Uses Pagers?

Though they’ve long since been replaced by cell phones, beepers have more uses today than you might realize.

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