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Salvator Mundi: The Most Expensive Painting Ever Sold

In November 2017, the art world was stunned when an enigmatic painting of Christ called Salvator Mundi sold for a record-shattering $450 million at auction.

How the Eiffel Tower Was Built: The Marvel of 1889

In the winter of 1887, Parisian journalists gathered at a curious construction site on the Champ de Mars. There, amid wooden scaffolding and the rhythmic clang of hammers, they witnessed what one reporter would describe as men "reaping lightning bolts in the clouds."

Alan Smithee: The Worst Director in Hollywood

For over 30 years, one name appeared again and again as the director of some of the worst movies ever made - Alan Smithee. But Alan Smithee wasn't a real person. He was a pseudonym used by Hollywood directors who wanted to disavow their finished films.

Emmanuel Nwude: The Man Behind the $242 Million Nigerian Airport Scam

In the late 1990s, a brazen fraudster named Emmanuel Nwude pulled off one of history's most outrageous cons - selling a fictional airport to a gullible Brazilian bank director for a whopping $242 million.

The Oldest Customer Complaint: A 4,000-Year-Old Complaint to Ea-Nasir

The next time you find yourself composing an angry email to customer service, take comfort in knowing you're participating in a tradition nearly four millennia old. Long before Yelp reviews and Twitter rants, an irate customer named Nanni etched his frustrations into clay, creating what would become the world's oldest documented customer complaint. His target? A copper merchant named Ea-Nasir...
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Stephen Hawking threw a party for Time Travelers

Back in 2009, the ever-curious and fun-loving physicist Stephen Hawking decided to throw a one-of-a-kind bash at the University of Cambridge. This wasn't your ordinary party; it was designed especially for time travelers. Hawking's playful experiment not only showcased his creative side but also gave everyone a chance to think about the possibilities and challenges of time travel.

4 of the World’s Most Intelligent Animals

Humans fancy ourselves the smartest creatures on Earth thanks to superior intellect and advanced communication. But science increasingly shows we share the planet with animal masterminds in their own right. Beyond captivating pets, the animal kingdom harbors genius rivaling our own across metrics like analytical skill, social smarts and technical innovation.

Hidden Giant: Earth’s tallest waterfall revealed

Concealed in the stormy North Atlantic lies Earth’s greatest waterfall, an underwater giant hidden from view in the darkness between Iceland and Greenland. Here, where warm subtropical waters collide with a frigid Arctic cataract, the largest waterfall on the planet plunges silently into the abyss.

Bread was once used as an Eraser

These days, few sights seem as innocuous as a freshly sharpened pencil poking from a child’s “Frozen” backpack, pink wedge of eraser crowning its tip. Yet that handy little erasing appendage only became standard over the last century or so.

The most common month for birthdays in the U.S.

As the calendar turns to September, maternity wards across America brace for their busiest month. More babies will be born in the next 30 days than any other month, peaking in mid-September. This annual phenomenon reveals intriguing insights about human behavior, holidays, and even biology.

Pringles Creator’s Final Resting Place: A Pringles Can

For Fredric Baur, creating the perfect potato crisp wasn't just his vocation - it became his eternity. As the inventor entombed in his ingenious Pringles can design could attest, obsession with one's work can follow us anywhere. Even the grave.
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