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6 Everyday Things Designed For Ridiculously Sexist Reasons
Sexism brought us a whole lot of bad things, but sometimes people screwed up and they accidentally brought us things that are really nice to have.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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1514 5 Complaints About Modern Life (That Are Secretly Total BS)
The Athenians were so inundated with lawsuits that they had a special term for the sort of person who litigates if you look at them funny.
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- By Gregory Maus
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5 Of Hitler's Worst Ideas You Didn't Know Came From America
The Nazi's were like a bad tv-spinoff of America.
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- By Melissa Dylan
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The 6 Most Badass Secret Spy Missions America Got Away With
Sometimes stealing a helicopter is as simple as swooping in at night and taking it while no one is looking. Seriously.
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- By Michael Hossey
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6 Super Valuable Pieces Of Crap Hiding In People's Homes
There are some lucky bastards out there whose accidental discoveries made their entire lives. The best part? They didn't even have to leave their own homes.
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- By Abraham Mireles, Laura H
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5 Common Insults That Reveal Dark Things About Society
'Slut' or something much worse is currently tops to degrade a female perceived as promiscuous, but 'hussy' is a close relative and once the preferred a-bomb of past a-holes.
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- By Karen Baxter
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6 Deadly Serious Cold War Moments (That Now Look Hilarious)
Wars aren't wacky. But wars are fought by people, and people -- if the feces-wracked flow of the stagnant fjord of human history has taught us anything -- are truly, deeply stupid.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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6 Horrible Historical Disasters (We Actually Saw Coming)
We've got some finger pointing to do.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Horrifying Facts That Get Left Out Of History
If you think your future knowledge would help you in the past, we have bad news for you.
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- By Joe Hayes
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5 Huge Marketing Campaigns That Were Complete Catastrophes
Sometimes the brainwashing overlords in charge of telling us what to buy go wildly off the rails, and it's always fun to sit back and soak in their failure.
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- By Chris Rio, Evan V. Symon
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6 Stupid Bets That People Won As Insanely As Possible
Once Eisenhower's chief of staff bet General Bernard "Monty" Montgomery a B-17 Flying Fortress, he was going to get it.
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- By Aaron Short
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5 Things You Say Often With Horrible Historical Origins
It's fascinating to trace the origins of everyday phrases back and find out just how many of them were not only slang, but terms that referenced unspeakable horror.
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- By Steve Shapiro
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5 Artifacts That Prove Ancients Were Some Sick M'fers
When you go sifting through the shockingly explicit artifacts left behind by great civilizations, you find that modern society is pretty tame.
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- By Laura H
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6 Iconic Pieces of Military Tech (That Secretly Sucked)
If you take a closer look at some of the machines we've been fervently drawing on our Trapper Keepers during study hall, you might find them hiding a ludicrous Achilles heel.
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- By M. Peter Storino
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The 5 Most Important Things Ever Done While Black Out Drunk
Many historic events were such drunken shitshows that it's hard to imagine what modern civilization would even look like if not for the intervention of booze.
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- By Pat Carnell
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