LIST: 5 reasons mayflies are nothing like giant mutated man-eating ants

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• June 24th, 2015
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When meteorologist Mark Johnson posted a radar image yesterday of a cloud of mayflies swarming over Lake Erie, it was almost intimidating, like something you’d see in a B-movie trailer foretelling a fight scene between mutated bugs and a clan of outmatched but gutsy Clevelanders. One move that came...

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CAVS: Cuyahoga River fire? Top 3 #BlameDelly Cleveland environmental disasters

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• May 26th, 2015
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Even before game three of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Cleveland Cavalier Matthew Dellavedova had earned a reputation as a “dirty player.” Cavs fans in disagreement have spawned #BlameDelly memes and social-media commentary in recent days. We suspect the cold-hearted Delly can also be implicated a number of Cleveland’s...

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WATCH: Maryland man plows snow riding motorized toilet, via @AP

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• February 27th, 2015
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¯_(ツ)_/¯ RELATED STORIES: LIST: 5 of our favorite toilet bowl myths and legends HISTORY: Thank you, Seth Wheeler, for inventing perforated toilet paper LOOK: China has a waterfall made of toilet bowls. Because of course it does. TECH: Bath to the Future? Tomorrow’s bathrooms could feature smart fixtures

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QUIZ: Are you one of the 2.5 billion? #WorldToiletDay

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• November 18th, 2014
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More than 2.5 billion people around the world suffer from improper sanitation. In honor of World Toilet Day, we can determine if you’re one of them by this simple quiz. Take it and see.

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SOURCES: Latest tunnel construction project to be powered by giant hamster wheel. Or not.

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• September 12th, 2014
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Not an Onion headline, just fun with an already great photo. When our Director of Engineering & Construction Kellie Rotunno tweeted her original pic earlier in the week, posting progress on our enormous Euclid Creek Tunnel project, it got our wheels spinning. Wholly ring beams batman! Check out this...

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VIDEO: @DCwater GM accepts our director’s #IceBucketChallenge. On a green roof.

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• September 9th, 2014
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When one water professional calls out another water professional to a challenge based on buckets filled with the very essence of their work, the results are gonna be interesting. Cheers to DC Water‘s General Manager George Hawkins for accepting our director Ciaccia’s ice-bucket challenge as both men took the...

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VIDEO: Could this really be 1,000 miles of toilet paper?

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• April 6th, 2014
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Woah that’s a lot of toilet paper. It happened at a soccer match in Belgium. While we have absolutely no idea how much toilet paper this actually is, let’s make a few calculations and take a guess. Let’s say this was one corner of Cleveland Browns’ First Energy Stadium,...

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QUIZ: Which tunnel boring machine are you?

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• March 14th, 2014
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So Buzzfeed won’t create our buzzquiz ideas. No biggie. We made our own. Just scroll down and click “Let’s Play!” to get started.

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HEROES: Could these superheroes’ alter egos have found better career options?

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• March 12th, 2014
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As Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” release date edges closer and closer—an event in which we hold particular interest—we’ve got superheroes on the brain. Of course, Captain America’s alter ego was Steve Rogers, whose comic book origins state he was a fine arts student and budding illustrator....

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LIST: 8 BuzzFeed quizzes you’ll probably never see

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• March 8th, 2014
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I can’t believe how these things have taken off. BuzzFeed quizzes. Which Willy Wonka character are you? Which bagel are you? What should your college major actually be? BuzzFeed quizzes are all the rage. But while their topics really do run the gamut, we came up with eight you’ll...

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