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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
6 Normal Places People Claimed Were The Sites Of Ancient Legends
Sometimes people just roll up to a random island and scream, 'This is the REAL Garden of Eden!'
- By Cedric Voets
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- June 26, 2020
6 Famous 2000s Things (That Were Actually Awful)
When one looks back at that decade, we were all complete morons.
- By Nathan Williams
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- June 24, 2020
6 Crazy Stories That Got Cut From The Bible
Back when they were compiling the Bible, a ton of embarrassing stuff got cut.
- By Alex Hanton
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- June 24, 2020
Confederate Monuments Are Being Defaced In Gorgeous Ways
If a picture is worth 1000 words than this picture says, 'FU, Robert E. Lee' 200 times in a row.
- By Dan Duddy
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- June 22, 2020
4 Reasons Searching For Buried Treasure Sucks IRL
It's a lot less Indiana Jones (and a lot more lawsuits).
- By Eirik Gumeny
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- June 22, 2020
The 'It Was A Dark And Stormy Night' Author Had A Super Weird Life
The true story of the goofus behind the famous line.
- By Mark Hill
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- June 15, 2020
Isaac Newton's Toad Vomit Plague Serum Sold For $80Gs
When your only two options involve croaking.
- By Cedric Voets
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- June 12, 2020
The Apex-Bananas Crime Story Of The 70's
Man, the 1970s were absolutely bananas.
- By Alex Hanton
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- June 10, 2020
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