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Wait -- Leprechauns Are Actually Italian?
A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, a pot of mama's bolognese at its origin.
- By Cedric Voets
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- July 12, 2020
Missouri's Bizarre Modern-Day Lovecraftian Beauty Pageant
The eldritch spirit of St. Louis
- By Cedric Voets
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- July 12, 2020
5 Very Unlikely Things We Got Thanks To Religion
What has religion given us, anyway? Quite a lot, actually.
- By Ryan Menezes
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- July 12, 2020
4 Scams That Are Older Than You Think
That scam email you received this morning might've been written a few hours ago, but it's been centuries in the making.
- By Adam Wears
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- July 11, 2020
Saying Aliens Built Ancient Monuments Isn't Only Crazy, It's Racist
Choosing the alien over the other.
- By Cedric Voets
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- July 10, 2020
Ben Franklin’s Solution For Everything Was To Get Naked
It's very believable that he had issues with "frowzy corrupt air."
- By Jesse
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- July 09, 2020
The Most Brutal Curse Tablets Ever Discovered
Mankind has always had a need to scream into the void.
- By Jesse
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- July 08, 2020
5 Shocking Times First Responders Made Everything Worse
If your job is 'rescuing people,' you sorta need to do it right the first time.
- By Ryan Menezes
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- July 06, 2020
5 Annoying 'Modern' Debates That Have Been Around Forever
Your grandparents were arguing about the same things.
- By Nathan Williams
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- July 05, 2020
Finland's Military Finally Got Rid Of Its Swastikas
Turns out those things have a pretty sketchy history.
- By Cedric Voets
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- July 03, 2020
4 Famous Crimes Everybody Gets Wrong
Yeah, you're definitely remembering these incorrectly.
- By Adam Wears
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- July 03, 2020
A Brief History of Giant Rock, America's Most Bonkers Landmark
This is a story about time machines, aliens, a lot of dynamite, hermits, and a giant rock.
- By Alex Hanton
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- July 02, 2020
4 Very 2020 Hobbies Of Old-School Celebs
It's reassuring to know when we hear the news talk about how our hobbies are dumb bullshit, several icons of history did the exact same stuff during their downtime.
- By Adam Wears
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- June 28, 2020
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