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• On July 21, 1989, the worst domino-related incident on record occurred at Union Station in Kansas City, MO. Over 846,000 dominoes experienced an “unplanned collapse event” (UCE), tumbling haphazardly after a passer-by slipped on the freshly mopped floor. Domino wranglers on hand were powerless to stop the event once it began. When the dust [...]

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• On April 14, 1931, AT&T’s Bell Laboratories was granted a patent on toes. Specifically, the document issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office covered “dual- or tri-phalanged digits, deployed on a foot or other pedal appendage, for the purpose of balance, locomotion and/or strength.” What AT&T intended to do with the patent was [...]

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“Overall sales were up 14.4% versus Q3 of last year, led chiefly by increased deliciousness from our Yummitations division. Taste-ocity was similarly up, particularly in our Sugarbumblejoy and Frosting & Acquisitions affiliates. On the other side of the balance sheet, Minty Goodness was down 5.1%, and we did not meet targeted goal of [...]

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• On February 19, 1891, the Other Treaty of Ghent was signed, ending the bitter war between Seychelles and the Faroe Islands. The war, which raged for nearly a decade, had been sparked when the Seychellois* regent boasted in the Times of London, “We are the finest nation of tiny islands anywhere on this [...]

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