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How Honduras And El Salvador (Sort Of) Went To War Over A Soccer Match
The Football War was fought for just a few days between Honduras and El Salvador. It started after a tense soccer match.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Winston Churchill Had A Doctor's Note To Avoid American Prohibition Laws
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The Woman Who Took On All Of New York City (By Smoking)
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
15 Absolutely Bonkers Theories About The Universe
The Big Bang Theory is the undisputed champion of the American sitcom. But as a creation story, it's got a few rivals.
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- By Jay Wells L'Ecuyer, Carlie Procell
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Birds Make Their Own Milk, And It's Gross
They don't squirt it out of nipples, since that's a mammal thing.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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13 Unexpected Origins of Christmas Traditions
We can thank Hallmark for wrapping paper, and Charles Dickens for a snow-filled Christmas.
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- By Shea
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We're Using Soap Bubbles To Pollinate Pear Trees
Because bees have been slacking off lately.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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How Stalin Weaponized Old-School Photoshop To Eliminate Rivals
Thousands of doctored photos show Soviet officials that Joseph Stalin made "disappear."
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Australian Birds Keep Committing Arson
They will firebomb us all into human nuggets.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Victorian Doctors (Wrongly) Thought Beards Could Prevent Diseases
For a brief period in the 1850s, some people believed that beards could act as masks to keep germs out.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Infinite Infinities and Lucky Sevens: 13 Mathemagical Number Facts
You can always count on numbers.
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- By Dana Larsen
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The Last Duel In Canada Was Appropriately Apologetic
In 1873, two dumb friends in Newfoundland decided to settle a dispute in a duel. Both of them were sorry about it.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The First Man To Spot Uranus Named It 'George'
He said it was weird to keep naming planets for gods.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Media Jumped On A Fake Story About Astronauts Going On Strike
They missed one check-in, and the story went down in history.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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