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6 Real People Who Turned Their Homes Into Death Traps

If you need additional, outside precautionary measures to keep your family safe because the original "protection" you came up with involves shotguns hidden in cereal boxes and electrocuting microwaves, you've officially crossed a line.

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7 Horrific Boogeymen Used to Scare Kids Around The World

Parents have been inventing stories about monsters to scare their children into obedience for centuries. Some cultures, however, took this idea a bit too far and invented creatures that a grown man would struggle not to shit his pants at the thought of.

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6 Popular Monster Myths (That Prove Humanity Is Doomed)

Pretty much all of the cultures on Earth have believed in monsters for most of their history. But why? Well, it has to do with the wiring of the human brain, the evolution of cultures and, most importantly, the fact that people are jerks.

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Nuke the Moon: 5 Certifiably Insane Cold War Projects

In the Cold War days, the world was essentially divided into two factions: Rambo and the dirty commies. But the Cold War wasn't really about physical combat, it was more like telling stories around a campfire: Whoever has the scariest idea, wins. It didn't matter if it was real or not, the goal was to convince the other side you were crazy.

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