Science & History
7 Reasons Dying Was Embarrassing As Hell In Olden Times
In the past, the real horror show started after you died.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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5 Famous People Who Blatantly Lied (And Barely Paid For It)
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- By Xavier Jackson, Nathan Kamal, Rachel P.
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5 Mathematical Strategies For Dominating Popular Games
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- By Federico Cruz
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6 Healthy Habits With Huge Downsides (Nobody Talks About)
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- By Mark Hill
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
12 Uncanny Instances Of Simultaneous Invention
Who says lightning doesn't strike twice?
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Frightening New Drugs (You've Never Heard Of)
Since the dawn of time, mankind has endeavored to keep finding new ways to get totally housed. So let's see the latest innovations our often short-lived drug pioneers have come up with.
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- By Cedric Voets
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The True Adventures Of Bill Hitler, Hitler's Idiot Nephew
In a quirky twist of fate, the Universe saddled the goose-stepping genocidal maniac with a slimy, opportunistic, clingy black sheep to ruin his Christmases.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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6 Modern Armies Who Seriously Tried To Win Wars Using Magic
Plenty of modern armies have dipped their toes into the decidedly unscientific field of pseudoscience so they could just magic away their enemies.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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5 Official-Sounding Measurements That Are Complete BS
We put so much faith in numbers that we don't bother to look too closely at where they come from.
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- By Nathan Kamal, Greg Tuff, Andrea Meno
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7 Giant Crazy Real Things That Look Straight Sci Fi, Son
Some Sciences are Scienced up from bizarre, fantastical landscapes.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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5 Historical Plot Twists That Seem Too Crazy To Be Real
History is full of tales that would be considered examples of hack writing, if the author wasn't "reality."
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- By Stephan Roget
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7 Real Ads (That Were Clearly Made By Insane Nihilists)
Sometimes ads not only make zero sense, they're downright degrading.
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- By Nimby Smith
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Huge Real-World Consequences Of Thinking Vaginas Are Icky
Men's colossal failure to understand the female anatomy bleeds into many aspects of our supposedly modern world.
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- By Adam Koski, Roisin Isner, Mike Turner
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6 Everyday Things You Had No Clue Were Made Of Dead Animals
You don't have to be a hardcore vegan or vegetarian to be unnerved that there are dead animal bits in this stuff.
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- By Kelly Stone
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6 Unbelievable Tales Of Nazi Defectors You Never Knew About
Support for the Nazis within Germany was far from universal, and at least a few would end up fighting like crazy to wreck the Nazi war machine from the inside.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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