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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhl_card_reader_case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necklacing
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http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Lemony_L ... rny_Events
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myste ... aping_Fish
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Put a greatsword a maul and a greataxe in a room and ask them to take their pick
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whangamomona
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Oh I thought that'd be more like a pearl necklace
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http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_m ... Biker_Dude
Is this wretched demi-bee
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
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Sure, I'll put some I've found recently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_planets (Some weird ones in there)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand-year_Rose (at least 700 years old)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luz_Long (German Olympian who befriended a black competitor at the 1936 Olympics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis_lethargica (The sleeping sickness from Sandman, somewhat terrifying.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion (theories of why it looks bigger at the horizon)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_(unit) (dozens of different lengths are named this)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_%28card_game%29 (bad game design)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Gang_incident (2010 scandal in China)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk%27s_head_brush
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nic ... ramid-tomb
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_liquidators
@ @ Nockermensch
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Barbon


Holy shit that guy's full name.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindwipe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_rabbi_%28Russia%29
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone_accident
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploit ... rror_films
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_Blacula_Scream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackenstein
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Alda#Personal_life
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_ ... tick_chart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammassalik_wooden_maps
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_X

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome
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My son is sitting next to me at the moment, and he happened to look up after I clicked the link and said, "Oh, so Princess X is a penis." And then he went back to doing his crossword puzzle like this was perfectly normal.
My son makes me laugh. Maybe he'll make you laugh, too.
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You're welcome.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131385/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crust_punk
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