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Aleksa Vujic

@acidrabbit

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 7, 2018, 12:54 PM UTC

More than half of America's economic growth is in the hands of only 5% of American employees! Are you in the 5%?

The study of science, technology, engineering, & math (STEM) is at an all-time low in America. Only 15% of the world's scientists are American, as opposed to the 40% of American Scientists less t…

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 6, 2018, 12:49 PM UTC

New studies show that all humans will develop cancer if they live long enough!

New studies every day are informing the public of cancer prevention and causes. As it turns out, the cancer cell will eventually be in everyone's body, if the live long enough. Cancer is a problem wo…

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 6, 2018, 12:27 PM UTC

The word LEGO had a secret meaning that the makers didn't know about!

In 1932, Ole Kirk Kristiansen was a master carpenter and joiner in Denmark and established his business in the village of Billund. He manufactured stepladders, ironing boards, stools, and wooden toys…

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 6, 2018, 1:05 AM UTC

The Flintstones was originally intended for adults! Good thing, because their sponsor was definitely not kid-friendly

Barbera and Hanna created the ever-popular cartoon The Flintstones after they had been labeled as "kids only" producers. They wanted to expand their demographic and concentrate on a show for just adu…

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 6, 2018, 12:59 AM UTC

There is a treehouse that is over 90 feet tall!

The tree that the house resides in is 80 feet tall and over 12 feet long. This tree comfortably holds an 11 floor, 8000 square foot, over 250,000 nail wonder that would put every eight year old's tre…

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 5, 2018, 1:14 PM UTC

Tron was denied a Special FX Oscar because it used computer graphics!

The original 1982 Tron was a very influential film. It's one of the first films to use computer generated graphics to tell its story. It has influenced people like John Lasseter (creator of Toy Story…

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 5, 2018, 1:09 PM UTC

Orbit gum started as a replacement brand due to rationing during WWII! What brands did it replace?

Orbit gum is pretty common nowadays, boasting over ten different flavors. The brand would have never gotten started if it weren't for WWII, however. Wrigley, who owned Juicy Fruit, Wrigley's Spearmin…

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 4, 2018, 10:57 PM UTC

During WWI Romania sent its treasures to Russia for safe-keeping, but to this day Russia refuses to give them back!

Fearing an eventual German victory during World War I, the Romanian government decided to send the Romanian National Treasures abroad for safekeeping. Places on their list were the vaults of the Bank…

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 4, 2018, 10:52 PM UTC

The first person to take LSD did so by accident—and then liked it so much he took it again on purpose!

A Swiss scientist by the name of Albert Hofman was hired at a pharmaceutical company in Switzerland. He was assigned to work in the chemical-pharmaceutical department of Sandoz Laboratories. He was w…

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Aleksa Vujic
@acidrabbit Feb 4, 2018, 10:45 PM UTC

The man who grounded 4,000 planes on 9/11 was on first day of his job

On September 11, 2001, four commercial planes were hijacked by foreign terrorists. All other commercial flights were grounded that day, which ended up being a great and potentially life-saving decisi…

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