Coincidences Too Strange to Invent
A novel about a sinking ship named Titan appeared fourteen years before the Titanic.
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A novel about a sinking ship named Titan appeared fourteen years before the Titanic.
31 sentences
1Everyday myths about space, animals, food, history, and the body — corrected in one clear line.
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1The mistakes, spills and lucky slips that gave us dry ice, rayon, penicillin and other everyday wonders.
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1The little details you see every day without noticing, and what they are for.
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1Everyday things that started somewhere unexpected: peach baskets, pie tins, a booklet given away at a shop.
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1The habits, holidays and treats that began as somebody's sales pitch.
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1Things invented for one job that ended up doing another.
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1Names that lie, and what each thing really is.
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1Socks, popcorn, surgery and soccer all began thousands of years ago.
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1Games, foods and dances that were once against the law.
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1Famous lines their supposed authors never said, and where they really came from.
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1The bounty that bred rats and the ban that made drinkers of a whole nation.
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1Things so silly they sound made up, and every one of them is true.
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1Why sandwiches, denim, teddy bears, and jeans carry the names they do.
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1Why the sky is blue, blood is red, and leaves turn gold — the causes of familiar colours.
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1Words that came to mean the opposite of what they once did.
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