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A ship can carry a boat, but a boat can’t carry a ship.

The day got its name from cops in Philly in the ‘60s who had to deal with all the people who called in sick the day after Thanksgiving to get a long weekend...and cram in holiday shopping.

The balloons used to be let go at the end of the parade but then they exploded, or ended up in Long Island, or took out an airplane. So they stopped that shit real quick.

At the turn of the 20th century Thanksgiving looked a lot like Halloween.

On page 1,850 of the 1975 edition of the New Columbia Encylopedia you'll find the entry on Lillian Mountweazel - an acclaimed photographer who died too young. Except she didn't. Because she never existed.

Heavy metals like sterling silver and brass essentially disinfect themselves...and we aren't sure how.

And who is this slender James?

The guidelines just changed and now 103 million Americans are considered to have hypertension. Are you one of them?

Why physicists stay the HELL away from Wolfgang Pauli.

The fictional characters we love aren't just a way for us to practice empathy; the degree to which we subconsciously "borrow" or take on the traits in them they we admire informs how our personality develops.

Elsewhere in the world milk is put through EXTREME PASTEURIZATION making it shelf stable, meaning you won't find it in the cold section of the grocery store. America is having EXACTLY NONE of your SHELF MILK.

Your dog can be allergic to all kinds of stuff, including you. And cats can have asthma.

A woman's frustration with corsets gave her the brilliant idea to life hack, and eventually patent, what became the bra as we know it today. She also had a dog named Clytoris, ghostwrote porn, and founded the press that published Bukowski.

Well, to start, they refer to the expected lifetime of the product - not *your* lifetime.

The name comes from the resemblance to goose flesh...or syphilitic 16th century prostitutes.