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7 Times History Went Straight Slapstick
History is sometimes written by the winners and other times written by coked-out sitcom writers desperate to finish a scene.
- By Xavier Jackson, Alexander Pan, Jordan Breeding, Mike Turner
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- April 16, 2017
America's Tomatoes Taste Like Garbage (Because Of Racism)
Odds are that you haven't had any true tomato goodness unless you grew some yourself. Why? The answer is about 20 percent science and 80 percent racism.
- By Carlos Yu
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- April 12, 2017
4 Nightmare Apocalypses Humanity Forgot Were Possible
This article will validate all of your seemingly irrational fears about Mother Nature's wrath.
- By Luke John Smith
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- April 07, 2017
The Monopoly Guy Never Had A Monocle: 4 Lies We All Believe
Our collective memory of pop culture is all a sham.
- By Stephan Roget
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- April 04, 2017
7 WTF Acts Of Madness Committed By History's Worst Dictators
They say that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but they rarely mention that it also gives you some really freaking bizarre hobbies.
- By Kelly Stone
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- April 03, 2017
5 Coincidences That Made The Modern World
The world as you know it only exists because of a series of staggering, unintuitive, or downright stupid coincidences.
- By Kian Lastman
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- April 03, 2017
8 Unbelievably WTF Photos Of Famous Places In The Past
A lot of famous landmarks have a certain period in their past where they looked more like a cannibal nightclub than something you'd put on a postcard.
- By Justin Crockett
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- April 02, 2017
Coat Hangers And ODs: Life Before Abortion Was Legal
Life for women before Roe v. Wade was just as unpleasant as you imagined.
- By Robert Evans
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- March 30, 2017
6 Familiar Jobs (That Once Looked Crazy As Hell)
Even in the worst employment circumstances, however, few of us have had to deal with the monstrous outfits our great-grandparents wore to work.
- By Carolyn Burke
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- March 28, 2017
6 WTF Challenges Soldiers Face (That You Won’t Believe)
Today's modern soldiers have to contend with things you never did when playing with G.I. Joes in your bedroom.
- By Michael Hossey
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- March 23, 2017
7 Concepts We Totally Take For Granted, Like 'White People'
Possibly the weirdest thing humans do is come up with something and then immediately act like it's always been around.
- By Nathan Kamal, Jordan Breeding
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- March 22, 2017
5 Amazing Relics (Discovered In The Dumbest Way Possible)
These lucky so-and-so's not only stumbled onto amazing gifts from the universe itself but they found them while sleepwalking through their everyday lives.
- By Chris Radomile
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- March 21, 2017
Mind-Blowing Celebrity Connections That Seem Impossible
Celebrities being friends is not unusual. What is, however, is how many celebrities from totally different fields (or even time periods) knew each other before they got famous.
- By Rachel P.
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- March 14, 2017
7 Realities Of Being Trans Back Before You Knew We Existed
Allison Washington was a transgender girl in the 1960s. Here's what she learned growing up in the 'trans dark ages.'
- By Robert Evans
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- February 26, 2017
5 People History Credits With 'Firsts' (Who Weren't First)
The first guy to sail to the New World, the first guy to perform successful heart surgery, and the first guy to have a 20-inch wiener all have something in common: They might be lying.
- By Zach Sands, PhD, Ivan Farkas
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- February 23, 2017
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