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So, you know how sometimes as a kid you would throw a big party and then your parents would get angry and ground you? I definitely do because I threw tons of super insane parties in high school with my hundreds of friends who all said I was the coolest.  Well today’s story is kind of like that, except instead of me throwing a super-real party it was the Shah of Iran, and instead of my parents getting mad it was the people of Iran, and instead of grounding him, they deposed him and replaced his government.  Also Read: Most Expensive thing that you can't buy This is the story of the world’s most expensive party. Back in 1971, the Shah of Iran thought to himself, “hey, we should do something nice for the people of Iran, like throw a big party for me.” And then some other people, probably, were like, “can the people of Iran go to the party?” and then the Shah was like “no.”  Shah of Iran And then people were like “how much will this party for you cost?” And the Shah was like...

So let’s say you want to lose weight. You have some options. You could join Weight Watchers, you could stop eating carbs, you could train for a marathon, you could cut off an appendage, or you could just move to the Hudson Bay region of Canada.  Why? Because the Hudson Bay is missing gravity. If you weigh 200 kilo-pounds normally, by moving to Hudson Bay, you will, in an instant, automatically weigh 0.01 pounds or kilograms less—and you don’t even have to stop eating pasta.  Also Read: Manhole Cover: Fastest Man made object ever!  You see, back in the 1960's, scientists were mapping the Earth’s global gravitational fields to make a thing that looks like this,and, if you look here, you’ll notice that it's a different color from the not-here parts.  Low Gravity In Blue color (Hudson Bay) This is Canada’s Hudson Bay and this means that there is literally less gravity here than everywhere else on earth. Based on science stuff, this should not have been the case.  T...

The UK, of course, is a country made up of four distinct countries—the one everyone forgets about (Wales), Pret territory (England), Buckfast territory (Scotland), and that one (Northern Ireland) that no matter what you say will stir up drama in the comments.  Now, this wonderful country of countries has a pretty weird political system. For example, the Queen for some reason owns all the dolphins in Britain and is also able to fire the entirety of the Australian government and also doesn’t need a drivers license or passport since they’re both issued in her name.   But the weirdest of the weird is in the Palace of Westminster. This building is, of course, known for being blown up in V for Vendetta, crushed in Independence Day: Resurgence, and blown up again in G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Also Read: How Does Queen Travel? But interestingly, it’s also believed to be where the Parliament of the United Kingdom meets. Now, the British Parliament has some unique rules. For example, MP’s ...

If something’s crammed, communist, and a country it’s probably China. China used to look like this but now it looks like this. The country’s grown enormously in the past few decades  both in population and wealth.  Also Read: Space Strike Now, of course global warming isn’t real and the earth is flat, but in a world where global warming was real and the earth was some other shape, the best thing you could do to combat turning Minneapolis into Miami would be to be poor.  The poorest half of the world’s population only contributes 10% of all carbon emissions. This does make sense as the richest .01% of the world eat their imported truffled wagyu filets on their private jets travelling to Ibiza for the day while the poorest .01% eat their meals by, well, not but the bigger factor is what happens as people get into the upper 10 or 20 or 30% of world wealth.  China, for example, was poor but now it’s somewhat rich which means that its population now eats things like hambu...

Alright, so here’s a question: What’s the most expensive thing in the world? Also, another question: what’s the point of finding out what the most expensive thing in the world is?  None, there’s no point, but hey, you’re the one who googled it, so maybe don’t be so judgemental; and to answer the first question, let’s set a few rules.  One , it has to be a single thing. This rule is a bit tricky to define, but it’s all about whether or not something intuitively feels like it’s a single item. For example, we would accept something like a pepperoni pizza, which is made up of multiple things—sauce, cheese, dough, pepperoni,cholesterol—but that all come together to make one, cohesive, delicious, item. But we would not accept something like, “New York City,” because New York City is made up of many disparate things—skyscrapers and bridges and subways that don’t work. Two , it has to really exist. It can’t be some theoretical thing that would be expensive if someone made it—like a go...

Over the years, the US has had a lot of presidents: Democratic presidents, Republican presidents, Whig presidents, presidents that wear wigs, fat presidents, white presidents, black presidents—well, black president—the list goes on and on.  You’ve probably heard of most of these guys—if you were a good student, you may remember their faces from your high school history class; if you were a bad student, you may remember their faces from the money you used to buy exam keys.  Either way, though, you probably haven't heard of David Rice Atchison, the man who, from noon on March 4, 1849, to noon on March 5, 1849, might have been the 12th President of the United States.  These days, as prescribed in the 20th Amendment, US Presidents are always inaugurated at noon on January 20th, because inaugurations are outdoor events and January in Washington DC is notoriously temperate.  Also Read: Why The US President need Salary? Before 1937, though, US Presidents were traditionally...