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How The Original (And Literal) Snake Oil Salesman Got Started
The real start to fake quackery.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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14 5 Business Tricks That Were So Devilish, We Ain't Even Mad
Man, we wish we thought of these.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Lawyer Richard Nixon's First Case Went So Badly, He Almost Got Disbarred
"Mr. Nixon, I have serious doubts whether you have the ethical qualifications to practice law."
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- By Ryan Menezes
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JFK's Pulitzer Prize Winning Book Wasn't Written By JFK
In other words, the rich jock made the nerd do his homework.
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- By Nathan Williams
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The Teletubbies Unleashed A Weird Reaction (From Adults)
It's a kids' show; calm down and take a nap ...
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- By Oona O'Brien
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4 Forgotten Native American Protests That Should Be In History Books
Some of these occupations lasted years.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Tennessee's Corruption Machine - The Tale Of Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton died in '96, his misdeeds are still under investigation.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The Real-Life Superhero Who Kept NYC Clean (With His Nose)
Smelly Kelly could smell things no one else could.
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- By Adam Bumas
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A Dive Into The 16th Century's Version Of Facebook
And you didn’t need the internet to delete someone.
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- By Oona O'Brien
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An Ode To The Poor First Guy To Die In A Plane Crash
Look, someone had to be the first person to die in a plane crash, right? It was kind of inevitable.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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New York Was Almost Burned To The Ground In A Shakespeare Riot
Theatergoers of the 1800s were the drunk hockey fans of today.
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- By Alex Hanton
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4 Ways America Fails Hard At Understanding History
The past was just the present with worse breath.
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- By William Kuechenberg
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The Civil War Had A Glow-In-The-Dark Battle
It was dubbed “Angel’s Glow,” and the troops affected by it tended to live longer.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Bonnie And Clyde Weren't Really A Duo For The Ages
Clyde shot himself in the foot, both figuratively and almost literally.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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That Time Soccer Fields Nearly Caused Another Cuban Missile Crisis
Kissinger said, "Cubans play baseball. Russians play soccer."
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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