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The Bonkers Plan To Disassemble The Pyramids
They'd be more valuable as rubble, reasoned the Sultan.
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1 Egyptians Got Drunk To Celebrate Beer Defeating The Gods
It was called The Festival of Drunkenness.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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King Tut Mania Was (In Part) A Nixon Political Ploy
(King Tut) Realpolitik / (King Tut) Backed by Tricky Dick
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England Ground Ancient Cat Mummies Into Fertilizer
It's the circle of life.
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The Horrible Truth About Ancient Egyptian Doctors & The Poor
They went out of their way to destroy poor corpses.
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George Washington Looooved Ice Cream
He owned dozens of implements just for serving ice cream.
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The Teen Soldier Who Survived Jumping On Two Grenades
He also survived jumping out of plane, chutes failing.
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The Real Chef Boyardee Was A Famous Gourmet
He catered President Wilson's wedding.
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How Pizza Became The King Of Junk Food
From trashy food for poor Italians to a (still trashy) billion dollar industry.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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The True Story Of How Batman Stopped A Cannibal Bandit
Batman caught many criminals. Then he put on a mask.
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Potatoes Were Pig Feed, Till We Learned How To Cook Them
Bacon and potatoes go great together.
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America's Dystopian '50s Housing Now Looks Utopian
'We're better than this,' said the '70s. As with everything, they were wrong.
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Mounds Candy Had Its Own Anti-Nazi Navy
Germany underestimated them because Mounds is such a lame candybar.
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How Valentine's Day Became All About Candy
$1.8 billion on Valentine's Candy? Really?
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- By Justin Crockett
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The Military Engineered A Special Chocolate That Tasted Horrible
No, not for the enemy. For their own soldiers.
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