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8 Ad Campaigns That Aged Like Garbage
A select few ad campaigns aged badly for reasons not even the most cynical pundit could have predicted.
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- By Pete Smith, Ryan Menezes, A. N. Ulriksen, K. Haeg
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92 Hearing The 3,000-Year-Old Mummy Was Disappointing
Didn’t even bother to confirm if the pyramids were made by aliens or good old-fashioned slave labor
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- By Luis Prada
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4 Storied American Institutions (With Screwed-Up Origins)
On some level, anything older than nine months has a questionable past. But, also, wow.
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- By Jordan Breeding
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5 Of The Most 'Wuh?' Facts History Class Never Covered
These hilarious stories should have been taught in every school.
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- By E.M. Caris
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6 Grand Mastermind Coups (That Fell Apart Immediately)
The Illuminati make it look so easy.
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- By Alex Hanton
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5 Historical Landmarks (That Are Total Frauds)
Some of the most historical sites in the world are just trying to compete with Disneyland.
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- By Alex Hanton
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5 'Old' Things That Are Way Newer Than You Think
Believe it or not, this stuff wasn't always there.
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- By Taylor Daine, E. Reid Ross, Mike Bedard, Abraham Mireles, Christian Markle
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5 Ordinary Jobs That Used To Be Crazy Dangerous
Back in the day, just about everything was more dangerous than it is now.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Christian Markle, Radha Shaw
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7 People Who Were Proven Wrong (As Hard As Humanly Possible)
There's being proven wrong and there's getting thoroughly owned.
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- By Zachary Frey
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The Insane Life of the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth
The man who avenged Abraham Lincoln also cut off his own genitals.
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- By Mark Hill
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4 True Stories That Sound Like Supervillain Plots
The world is full of villainy.
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Weird AF Facts History Class Left Out
There's a whole lot of history out there.
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- By Mark Hill
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Archaeologists Find Hardcore Infants Wearing Skull Helmets
Even the most hardcore Scandinavian metal bands wouldn't put something like that on their album covers.
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- By Luis Prada
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5 Priceless Missing Treasures (That Are Waiting To Be Found)
Everyone from Nathan Drake to Benjamin Gates has failed to locate these missing treasures.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Michael Battaglino, Peter I. Santiago, Christian Markle, Luke Nelson
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6 Secret Plots With Twists Nobody Saw Coming
These twists are so ridiculous no screenwriter would ever touch them.
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- By Alex Hanton
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