One thing we've discovered over and over again is that nature is always weirder than what we give it credit for.

It turns out that early aviation was more a matter of slapping as many of whatever they had lying around the workshop together and getting a running start off the nearest cliff. The truly crazy part? Sometimes it actually worked.

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When Hollywood has exhausted its creativity producing prequels and sequels, it often turns to unbelievable real life events for inspiration. And while not all of these are completely embellished, unfortunately, these amazing stories often have terrible aftermaths that even Hollywood wouldn't dare to film.

Hollywood's most creative minds can't get past populating the place with planets that look a whole lot like Earth, populated by rapey aliens and Muppets. But real space is far, far stranger.

It turns out that many of the ways we intuitively believe we're improving our success in the workforce are totally wrong. If you want to get ahead, you'd be better advised to just let yourself go.

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