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6 Anti-Trans Arguments That Sound Historically Familiar
History repeats itself, which is why we're still trotting out tired old arguments when it comes to transgender issues.
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- By Stephan Roget
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5 Shady Things The USSR Did That You Can't Even Exaggerate
It's a miracle we survived the Cold War.
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- By Christopher Charles Slayter, E.M. Caris
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6 Real Tourist Traps (Where Your Sanity Goes To Die)
Sometimes, an unsuspecting tourist can stumble into the mind of a madman, a place filled with esoteric nightmares no sane person should ever witness.
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- By Michael Garowee
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The 12 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (10-11)
Some weeks the news cycle is like a runaway train made entirely out of clown cars.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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4 Films With 'Happy' Endings (Until You Think About Them)
Hollywood endings seem to end happily, but only because the cameras cut away right before the whole cast was devoured by the Old Ones.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Chris Berglund, Aatif Zubair
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6 Beloved Movies You Had No Clue Got Remade Overseas
Some of these foreign films have so little to do with the originals that it feels like the makers didn't even bother to see the thing they were supposed to be copying.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Videogames Where You Get To Commit War Crimes (And Worse!)
Sometimes, the worst virtual war crimes are committed by our so-called 'heroes.'
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Sam Wellborn
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The Power Rangers Episode That Traumatized A Generation
When you think of Power Rangers, you think of over-the-top action, giant robots, and child murder. Wait what?
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- By Masquerblade
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6 Ridiculous Things Implied By Plot Twists In Famous Movies
Every movie with a plot twist is full of hilariously awkward unseen setups.
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- By David Christopher Bell
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4 Times Movies And TV Got Very Serious Issues Very Wrong
Even the most socially ambitious show or movie still needs to be entertaining, and that leads to some mixed messages.
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- By Stephan Roget
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6 Horrifying Disasters Conveniently Edited Out Of History
Your history books have a nasty habit of forgetting to include history.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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4 Secretly Brilliant Details Of Art (You Mistook For Errors)
History is fraught with inexplicable artistic trends which seem silly to modern-day people. But if you look into it, sometimes there's are very good explanations for them.
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- By Rachel P.
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6 Fun Activities That Were Horrifying Throughout History
Pick even the tamest weekend activity out of the divorced dad's guidebook, and you'll find that the nearest equivalent in olden days was a horrific, inhuman distortion of what we have today.
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- By Nimby Smith, Carolyn Burke
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6 Dark Places Tastelessly Turned Into Tourist Traps
For your next get-away, consider one of the following locations, where the very word "vacation" conveys a sinister irony...
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- By Kelly Stone
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (10/4)
While you're busy packing your bags for that shuttle to Mars, news happens.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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- 601