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The 4 Most Absurd Assassination Attempts on World Leaders
Hey, does this toothpaste taste like dengue to anyone else?
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1 5 Tales of Friendship Between Enemies During War
War, huh, yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely friendship
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When Men Thought Bicycles Would Make Women Ugly and Slutty
To all the stuffy, awful dudes of the Victorian era, bikes were less a means of transportation and more a proto vibrator that would render women so horny they had no choice but to emancipate themselves
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- By Amanda Mannen
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4 of the Biggest Losers in History, Statistically Speaking
It’s a rough job, but somebody’s got to do it
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- By Eli Yudin
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Magicians Who Used Their Powers to Fight Wars
Here’s the news that the CIA declassified after several decades
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Murder and Exile: What Actually Is a Scapegoat?
Yes, its history can be tied back to ritualistic animal sacrifice. But there was also a lot of silliness along the way, too
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5 of the World’s Most Legitimately Dangerous Artifacts
Nobody wants to get killed by a notebook
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- By Eli Yudin
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How the World Came to Believe That the Three Stooges Were on Hitler’s Death List
Their 1940 short, ‘You Natzy Spy!,’ was the first American comedy to satirize the führer — or any world leader for that matter. But it did satirize him so ruthlessly that he wanted them dead?
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- By Brian VanHooker
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There’s No Such Thing as ‘English’ Food
Even the most stereotypically English food — we’re looking at you fish and chips — has foreign origins. The Brits, it turns out, have essentially created an entire cuisine out of colonialism
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Pathetic Ways Real Kings Died
Some kings die on the chamber pot. Some die via tennis
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Iconic Photos With Little-Known Tragic Aftermaths
Whatever you think looking at these photos, their epilogues are worse
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Execution by Elephant: History’s Most Jumbo Way to Die
Capital punishment used to involve being crushed under some incredibly large feet
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- By Mike Rampton
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5 Slapstick Stories from the Secret Service
Life guarding the president can get very silly
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Why Health Insurance Sucks (VIDEO)
Let Roger count the ways.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Kings and Queens Who Were Major Jerks Even By Royal Standards
This is why we must declare independence from the crown right away
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