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Life & fun · February 2, 2026

thejohn.life

Burst your social bubble with a random story

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What it does

This site is for those short moments where you might reach for the all too depressing news or doom scroll social media. Instead of that burst your bubble with a random story. 101 stories about odd corners of history and science. A woman who danced until she died and took 400 people with her. The man who survived both atomic bombs. That kind of stuff. This site is for learning about something completely different and having some fun along the way.

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