gnostek1 / 5The Wow! signal represented as "6EQUJ5". The original printout with Ehman's handwritten exclamation is preserved by Ohio History Connection .
01The signal peaked at intensity 30 times above background noise at 1420 MHz — the hydrogen frequency.
02Big Ear was demolished in 1997; no other telescope was pointed at that sky position during the burst.
03A 2016 study proposed a pair of passing comets (266P/Christensen) as the source — most astronomers remain unconvinced.
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01The loris activates venom by rubbing its arm gland against its mouth before biting — a two-step weapon assembly.
02Its slow movement is not timidity; it is a mimic of the venomous Asian krait snake.
03Viral 'tickling' videos show lorises raised with clipped teeth — a mutilation done to make them safe pets.
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01Koresh legally married 14-year-old Rachel Jones in Texas in 1984, with her parents' signed consent.
02The Branch Davidians had legally purchased over 300 firearms and 150 hand grenades before the 1993 raid.
03Koresh claimed exclusive right to impregnate all female members; he called their children 'the new Davidians.'
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01Gould secretly recruited President Grant's brother-in-law to block Treasury gold sales, enabling the corner.
02Gold prices plunged 20% in minutes on September 24, 1869, wiping out brokers across the country.
03Gould had already sold his gold position before the crash he engineered; his partner Fisk simply repudiated his contracts.
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01Menander I issued coins bearing his own face on one side and Buddhist symbols on the other — unprecedented for a Greek ruler.
02The Milindapanha, a Pali Buddhist text, records Menander's philosophical debates with the monk Nagasena across dozens of pages.
03His relics were divided among many cities — an honor previously reserved for the Buddha alone.
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01At 18 days, the duck embryo has cartilage, a beak, and partially formed wings visible when cracked open.
02Balut is sold from street carts in Manila after dark, marketed as an aphrodisiac for around 15–20 Philippine pesos.
03Vietnamese balut (hot vit lon) is typically incubated longer — up to 21 days — producing a more developed fetus.
gnostek1 / 9Trump's tweet activity from his first tweet in May 2009 until June 2020
01Trump's tweet on August 22, 2018, named Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as directed to 'closely study' the situation.
02South Africa's rand dropped 1.4% against the dollar within two hours of the tweet.
03The Fox News segment that prompted it aired only hours before Trump posted; no briefing was involved.
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01Donaghy placed bets through a childhood friend who relayed picks to a professional gambler named James Battista.
02He earned roughly $30,000 from his gambling operation before FBI wiretaps caught him.
03Donaghy later alleged that other referees also fixed games — the NBA denied it.