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Hark! Shakespeare's Globe Theatre May Closeth Forever Due To This Crappe
A plague upon the house of Shakespeare.
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- By Cedric Voets
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9 Absolutely Ancient People Who Are Still Extremely Alive
Living forever is great when your life rules.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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6 Everyday Groups (With A Sinister Original Purpose)
Groups that seem totally legit today began with a secret agenda -- who knew?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Tyrants Who Punched Down On WTF Dumb Things
With great power comes great douchebaggery.
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- By Agus Tamini
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The Historical Bond That Ireland And Native Americans Have Is Helping Out Big Time Right Now
People separated by an entire ocean, but bonded tighter than you'd imagine.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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Politicians With Truly Staggering Levels Of Pettiness
Sometimes, politics is more art than science.
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- By Steven Assarian, Kasper Kauhanen, Johan Kurniawan, Christian Markle, Richard C. Shaffer
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The Insane Children of The World's Worst Dictators
The nut doesn't fall far from the tree.
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- By Alex Hanton
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Urban Legends Older Than You'd Think
Theaters have always been filled with mysterious syringes.
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- By Blair Dodge, Abraham Mireles, A. N. Ulriksen, Tee Ngin Rui, Jack R. Loun
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Gut-Wrenching Things Done By Beloved Presidents
How the mighty have stayed perfectly upright.
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- By Cedric Voets
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6 True Crimes (Starring The Dumbest People Possible)
Not all of us can be the next Heisenberg.
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- By Alex Hanton
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American Horror Stories That Didn’t Make It Into Your Textbooks
We're happy to gloat about our country's best bits, but it's time we talked about the stuff buried in our proverbial backyard.
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- By Adam Wears
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Total Ding-Dongs Whose Lawsuits Blew Up In Their Faces
Suing your enemies into oblivion can be fun, but not when it backfires.
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- By Blair Dodge
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6 Big Moments In History (People Forgot About Immediately)
If you want to make the history books, timing is everything.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy, Steven Assarian, Christian Markle
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Silly Ways Old-Timey People Were Just As Vain As Us
We're too vain and shallow these days? Spoilers: We've always been like that.
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- By Adam Wears
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Mass Panics That Look Waaaay Different In Retrospect
The panic, it is so banal!
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- By Diego C., Jacquelyn Mead
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