Science & History
The 6 Most Secretly Racist Classic Children's Books
It's easy for us to hide the bad things from our kids that appear in works today. Things get a little trickier when classics of children's literature suddenly let fly with the sort of out-of-the-blue casual racism usually reserved for old Southern men after a few too many drinks
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- By Juan Arteaga, John Champion
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5 Turncoats Who Changed the Tide of History
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- By Eric Yosomono, Douglas A. McDonnell
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5 Fish Clearly Designed by a Madman
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- By Monte Richard
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 People Who Gained Amazing Skills from Brain Injuries
In real life, people don't suffer freaky events like getting struck by lightning or getting part of their brain removed and then suddenly find themselves with new superpowers, like heat vision or flight. However, people do apparently suffer freaky events and then gain the ability to do art.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez
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8 Insane Similarities Between the Internet and Ancient Egypt
Nothing ever changes.
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- By Nick Dreyer
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5 Soldiers Who Kicked Ass In the Face of Death (and Logic)
It's generally accepted that while reckless charges into danger make for great action movie scenes, they aren't good battle strategy. These men disagreed.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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5 Insane Celebrity Product Endorsements by Historic Figures
Selling out is an age-old tradition, and some icons from your history books were doing it long before musicians and athletes perfected the art.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 5 Most Mind-Blowing Acts of Battlefield Mercy in History
Mercy isn't a part of any army's strategy. And yet, inspiring stories of mercy on the battlefield do turn up all through history. In the most inhumane settings, sometimes a little humanity shines through.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Douglas A. McDonnell
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6 Terrifying Real Speeches That Were Thankfully Never Given
Just because we didn't hear speeches for when the whole country was going to shit doesn't mean they were never written ...
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Animals With Better Memories Than You
Despite our big, juicy frontal lobe, many of us still forget to pick up the kids after practice due to our inferior memory, one area where a whole bunch of animals leave us in the dust.
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- By Aram Khayatpour, Sam Farahmand
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5 Scientific Advances That Should Have Changed Everything
Sometimes it's bad luck, or shady business dealings, or the fact that the world just plain isn't ready. But one way or another, we've lost world-changing innovations for, in hindsight, ridiculous reasons.
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- By Dustin Koski, Adam Koski
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6 Most Badass Self-Inflicted Medical Experiments
These individuals have thrown down the proverbial gauntlet of badassery, making most of modern-day medicine look really, really lame.
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- By Nate Greenslit
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5 Ridiculous Animal Myths That You Probably Believe
Somewhere, right now, an adult is quoting an interesting animal 'fact' that he actually learned from an old cartoon. And this is how animals became one of those subjects particularly vulnerable to laughable misconceptions.
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- By Mohammed Shariff
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5 Backup Plans That Would Have Changed Modern History
These five plans remained in the back pockets of various world leaders that, had they been used, would have changed the world, and possibly the language this article was written in.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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