You had me at barking…

My new year’s resolution is to try new foods.

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Do you hate grapefruit? It's not you; it's your genes. This is why.

Do you hate grapefruit? It's not you; it's your genes. This is why.

We each have 25 "bitter" taste receptors and each has it's own gene. The thing is, they aren't all active genes.

So, we vary greatly individually on which bitter tastes we enjoy. You enjoying a flavor basically depends on which receptor's genes are turned on or off.

The way bitter flavors work is different than sweet and salty flavors since we all tend to handle those better than the various bitter flavors.

Enjoying bitter flavors or not is in our ancestry. If your ancestor hunters and gathereres grew near a certain poisonous and bitter plant, then the your genes are turned off to those bitterness genes, too. This was a safefguard for our ancestors.

It meant that they didn't enjoy the taste of things that could kill them. (Imagine that!) Research shows that those who are more sensitive to bitter tastes eat 25% fewer vegetables, which could lead to certain cancers and diseases!

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Everything you know about strawberries is wrong.

Everything you know about strawberries is wrong.

The 'seeds' on a strawberry are the actual fruit itself, not the red swelling part!

The achene is a type of simple dry fruit found on many flowering plants.

The achene contains a single seed within it and is often mistaken as the seed itself.

Other than strawberries, other achenes are the fruit of buttercup, buckwheat, and cannabis.

Some achenes have hair-like structures that make them appear like tumbleweeds.

So, you aren't getting annoying seeds stuck in your teeth when you eat a strawberry at all, but the fruit itself is stuck in your teeth. Too bad knowing this doesn't make it any less annoying.

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Checkers is more like Tic-Tac-Toe than Chess. In fact, you're probably playing Checkers all wrong.

Checkers is more like Tic-Tac-Toe than Chess. In fact, you're probably playing Checkers all wrong.

Checkers, despite being played on the same board as Chess, is infinitely less complex than the latter game.

In fact, it's so relatively simple, that it should always end in a draw. You've probably played Tic-Tac-Toe hundreds of times with a friend and after a few games, neither one wins because they don't make any mistakes.

The case is the same with Checkers. In 2007, the University of Alberta announced that their program, Chinook, had solved the game.

This meant that, if both sides played perfectly, the game would always result in a draw.

Now, this is much more difficult than it sounds, because the game has 10 to the 20th power number of legal positions.

This is much larger than Tic-Tac-Toe, which is why it's much easier to tie at that game. However, it doesn't compare to Chess, which has an estimated 10 to the 50th power legal positions.

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From space, there is a phantom city in North Dakota! Learn about it here.

From space, there is a phantom city in North Dakota! Learn about it here.

From space, there appears to be an enormous city in the middle of North Dakota due to light pollution from oil fields.

The Bakken oil fields of North Dakota create a light that looks like a city from space.

This is due to the light pollution from the fields and can also be attributed to natural gas flares. In North Dakota, 17 percent of the natural gas at the oil fields is flared.

Comparatively, this only happens to about 1 percent nationally! Much needs to be done about this waste and it has been suggested to harness the gas and use it as energy.

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Bamboo torture is one of the most horrifying things you'll read about today.

Bamboo torture is one of the most horrifying things you'll read about today.

Bamboo torture was allegedly used in East and South Asia. The torture consists of a bamboo shoot growing through the victim's body.

Japanese soldiers are said to have used the torture during World War II. How does bamboo torture work?

Well, bamboo shoots grow rapidly, are strong, and are sharp. The victim is tied to the ground or suspended over baby bamboo shoots and within days are impaled by the bamboo.

In 2008 Mythbusters did an experiment on bamboo torture and found that bamboo grew through several inches of ballistics gel within three days! Who thinks of these things?

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The U.S. Navy lost an entire ship and all of its crew and has no idea how it happened!

The U.S. Navy lost an entire ship and all of its crew and has no idea how it happened!

The U.S.S. Cyclops was one of four Proteus-class colliers built for the U.S. Navy in 1910.

The ship was the second one named after the Greek mythical giants.

In 1917 the ship was commissioned due to the start of World War I and her captain, George Worley, was promoted to full captain.

Sometime after March 4, 1918 the ship and her entire crew of 306 crew and passengers disappeared without a trace.

They found out later that Worley was a German who had changed his last name.

They also learned that he was quite the brutal ship captain and had an unstable and changing personality. All of his associates were known to be German or of German descent.

Some speculate that he was sympathetic to the Germans and may have done something awful to his own ship.

Nonetheless, the loss of the U.S.S. Cyclops is the single largest loss of life in the U.S. Naval history that wasn't involved in direct combat. May she rest in peace.

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Incoming! The 50 most anticipated iPhone, iPad, and Android games for 2014 - Pocket Gamer

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Incoming! The 50 most anticipated iPhone, iPad, and Android games for 2014 Pocket Gamer A monster new puzzle game from the brain behind Braid, Jonathan Blow. You'll be solving more than 400 puzzles on a beautiful, but uninhibited, Myst-style island. This brainteaser will be exclusive to PS4 for some unknown time, then will be available on ...

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You can drink snake venom and be totally ok! Learn why.

You can drink snake venom and be totally ok! Learn why.

There are two types of snakes: Venomous snakes and constrictors.

Venomous snakes bite their victims and the venom from their fangs causes tissue to suffer in one way or another, often causing fatality.

However, if you ingest venom it is usually harmless! The venoms affects the body by attacked the bloodstream and tissue of the victim.

Other poisons attack the digestive system. Venom, though, is broken down in your stomach just like other foods.

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"Tutting" Is A Really Weird And Hypnotic Hand Dance That's Super Popular On Vine

It’s stupid but I can’t seem to take my eyes away?

So this is tutting. This kid is really good at it.

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This type of hand dance thing actually comes from the '70s funk community.

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But it's super popular on Vine at the moment.

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Futuristic Mobile

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Speedy Pit Stop

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Hubble's Sexiest Spiral Galaxies: Photos

Explore some of our favorite spiral galaxies as imaged by the veteran Hubble Space Telescope.



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10 New Year's Traditions from Around the World

The annual ball drop in New York's Times Square may be fun, but it's not the only tradition that helps ring in the new year.



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The popular myth-busting website Snopes once trolled TLC on air! How?

The popular myth-busting website Snopes once trolled TLC on air! How?

Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed is an American docudrama about urban legends and re-enacting them and researching their credibility. It aired on TLC from 2002 until 2004.

The show once made an error concerning Blackbeard’s credibility. On the episode that originally aired on March 13, 2003, there was a true or false question before a commercial break that gave an incorrect answer when the program resumed.

The question was "Was the nursery rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' used as a code to recruit pirates?" The answer was given as "TRUE: The notorious pirate, Blackbeard used this code to recruit hands, whom he paid sixpence a day." This is untrue, and was in fact a red herring created by Snopes.com to test people's common sense.

Snopes found it rather humorous that the show could fall for such a silly story and created a page on the website about it. Without realizing their folly, and failing to recognize Snopes, subsequent airings "fixed" the mistake.

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China's Moon Rover Spied by NASA's Lunar Orbiter

On Monday, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team released the first orbital snapshots of China's lander and rover on the moon's surface. Continue reading →



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People Pedal to Power the 2014 New Year's Eve Ball

New York City’s Citi Bike is the largest bike-sharing program in the United States. It opened to the public in May 2013 and by August, saw riders taking more than 40,000 trips per day. Now Citi Bike is putting some … Continue reading →



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The American flag on the moon was knocked over by the Apollo 11!

The American flag on the moon was knocked over by the Apollo 11!

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Armstrong spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft, during those two hours he planted the American flag on the moon’s surface. Aldrin spent slightly less time, and together they collected 47.5 pounds of lunar material for return to Earth.

After about seven hours of rest, the crew was awakened by Houston to prepare for the return flight. Two and a half hours later, they lifted off, carrying the 47.5 pounds of lunar samples with them.

During the launch Aldrin looked up in time to see the exhaust from the ascent module's engine knock over the American flag they had planted.

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How Low Can You Go?

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Short Film: Exordium

"Exordium" (Machinima Interactive Film Festival) by Happyhour

"A group of warriors confront that which stands between them and the power to save their people in this rotoscoped animated fantasy short created by Morgan Galen King’s Gorgonaut studios. Starring Jon Tomlinson, and featuring music by Strand of Oaks, Ice Dragon, and Jonn Ollsin"

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Posters: Space Invaders

Space Invaders by AhtiTurtle

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Posters: Video Game Nostalgia

Video Game Posters by Luis Amaro

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Beyoncé Criticized, 'Insensitive' to Challenger Tragedy

Beyoncé surprise self-titled album has made record sales -- now it has come to light that a music video for one of the album's songs featured audio from the space shuttle Challenger accident in 1986. Continue reading →



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Transcend Humanity, Solve Jumping Puzzles In Teslagrad - Indie Statik

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Transcend Humanity, Solve Jumping Puzzles In Teslagrad Indie Statik Rain Games's Teslagrad is a 2D puzzle-platformer set in a steampunk world, following the exploits of a young boy as he follows in the footsteps of his father and attempts to overthrow an oppressive political regime long in power over his adoptive city.

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Starfish Wasting Disease: Fukishima Related?

Nuclear pollution can't be ruled out as part of the syndrome that's attacking starfish, a scientist says.



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Pass Over the Puffer: Dolphins Get High

Dolphins are filmed playing with a puffer fish, which appears to intoxicate the playful sea mammals. Continue reading →



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Secret to Ancient Sundial Revealed in 3D Simulations

Using NASA data and new computer simulations, researchers say they've discovered how the sun would have lined up with an Egyptian obelisk and the famed Ara Pacis in ancient Rome.



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Quick Pic: Snow Moai

Snow Moai Figures

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