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Everyone Wants to Take Credit For Hitler's Dumb Mustache
It was controversial way before it became associated with the ultimate evil.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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13 4 Shocking Aspects Of Zoo Animal Robberies Nobody Talks About
Tiger King was but the tip of the iceberg, folks.
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- By Alex Hanton
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A Grim Loophole A Korean King Used To Kill His (Serial Killer?) Son
What’s in the box? Nothing -- yet.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Germans Started Solving Secret Soviet Crimes (A Piece At A Time)
Trying to see the bigger picture, one string of paper at a time.
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- By Cedric Voets
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The Halifax Slasher, The Blood-Thirsty Public Menace ... Who Didn't Exist
Plot twist: There never was a Halifax Slasher.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The 4 Racist Defining Moments In Gun Control History
Like a lot of origins of American history, it has roots in crapping on Black people.
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- By Michael Dawson
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5 Reasons To Learn Cockney Rhyming Slang, The Weirdest And Best English Slang
If you ever wanted to sound like a character in a Guy Ritchie movie, here's the first step.
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- By Alex Hanton
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Looking For The Best Medieval Artists? Check For Blue Teeth.
You’ve got a little gemstone in your teeth there.
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 Huge Companies That Once Were Failing Miserably
If things went a little differently, these companies wouldn't now exist at all.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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'Utopia' Is One Of Our Most Important Books (That We Know Nothing About)
That’s where we’re at: a linguistic scavenger hunt.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Terrifying Serial Killers Who Never Got Caught
We regret to inform you that the world has a surplus of unaccounted for serial killers.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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6 WTF Military Plans Too Dumb For Movies
Sometimes a plan comes together perfectly. Not these times.
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- By Zachary Frey
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Europe's Greatest Warship Was Defeated By A Stiff Breeze
The bigger they are, the quicker they'll sink.
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- By Cedric Voets
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The Weird, Weird Tale Of Mike The Headless Chicken
For all we know, Mike was blessed by some very sick god and could have lived for hundreds of years.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Con Man So Good, He Had Mind Control Powers (Basically)
Sometimes if you yell
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- By Alex Hanton
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