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It turns out the butterfly effect is a thing, and not just a super bizarre movie starring Ashton Kutcher and that big dude from Boy Meets World. It's true, we looked it up!

And it's way more than a metaphor about insects and bad weather. No, it turns out the butterfly effect is a very real and slightly freaky thing. Don't believe us? Well, then how do you explain ...

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Gavrilo Princip stopped for a sandwich. Archdukc Franz Ferdinand Gavrilo Princip And triggered the events leading to two world wars. Princip was part

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In 1995, Robert Fromme got a second job as a security guard. SECURITY And took down a terrorist fundraising syndicate. Fromme was a police detective w

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