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15 Facts About Scam Pioneer And Scheme Namesake Charles Ponzi
As always, don't invest in anything that you don't understand (cough, NFTs).
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2 15 Disgusting Realities of Medieval Food
Despite what your local theme restaurant and jousting arena might lead you to believe, it wasn’t all turkey legs and pints of ale in medieval times.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Pieces Of Bonkers History Hiding In Classic Artwork
Sometimes classic art is telling more of a story than we initially see.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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A Timeline Of The Energy Drink: From Thai Laborers To Pro Gamers
How the world embraced a whole new way to get wired.
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- By Eli Yudin
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The U.S. President That Died With A Butt Full of Beef And Bourbon
And no, it didn't get there the usual way.
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- By Eli Yudin
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The Bonkers Life of Griffith J. Griffith, California's Wildest Tycoon
It involved a mining empire, ostriches, attempted murder, and a handful of legal precedents.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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From Poop Plugs to Pills: The History of Birth Control
Considering how long people have been shoving stuff into or over their junk in an effort to prevent pregnancy, birth control is still pretty dumb, but it could be a lot worse.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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15 Cultural Phenomena That Were Just Marketing Ploys
Even some of the most basic facts of life and institutions we hold most sacred can be traced back to some guy who wanted to sell us something.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Mongols' Secret Weapon: Alcoholic Horse Milk
Forget a sugary powdered pre-workout, slam a mug of horse juice.
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- By Eli Yudin
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12 Historic Meals (So We Can Taste The Past)
What did Princess Di eat on her wedding day?
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- By Shea
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How Star Trek's Jeri Ryan's Divorce Got Obama Elected
The butterfly effect in action right here.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 Ways Life Was Different Before Roe v. Wade
If our future will be a repeat of our history, what can we expect?
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- By Shea
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15 Events in the Shady History of Coca-Cola
The history of Coca-Cola is even more fraught than you’d expect for a product based on cocaine.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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15 Notorious Cults That Amazingly Still Exist
Sometimes, neither death nor HBO can keep a cult down.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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15 Funniest Ways Serial Killers Were Caught
If you get away with it long enough to earn the title, you’re probably smart enough to evade capture indefinitely.
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