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There's a reason Hollywood makes more movies about war than, say, wine tasting competitions.
- By Jacopo della Quercia , B.A. van Hecke, John Martin
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- July 12, 2014
War is a wacky, bizarre kind of hell.
- By Eric Yosomono
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- July 06, 2014
These awesome finds are still unclaimed after centuries ... or at least they were, before we posted this article.
- By Alex Sinclair Lack
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- July 04, 2014
Believe it or not, the Internet didn't invent having bad opinions. To demonstrate, let me present a selection of jerks who eventually had to eat their own terrible words.
- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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- June 26, 2014
There are certain seemingly passe professions that we could totally use today, no matter how backward they may appear.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- June 26, 2014
Disclaimer for any government officials, mobsters, or assassins in general reading this: We don't really believe that any of the following conspiracy theories about mysterious deaths are true.
- By Jaspar G.
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- June 26, 2014
Without these developments, the life of almost everyone reading this would definitely suck a whole lot more.
- By C. Coville
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- June 25, 2014
The next time you read a biography filled with unusually inspiring, heartbreaking, or just plain awesome stories, keep in mind that there's a solid chance it's all complete and utter B.S.
- By Vann Vicente
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- June 22, 2014
Young people can and constantly come up with plenty of awesome ideas, even when they operate in fields that are seemingly impossible to conquer until you've sprouted several gray hairs.
- By Jacopo della Quercia , Matthew Moffitt
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- June 19, 2014
- By Eric Yosomono, J. Wisniewski, Ivan Farkas, Rachel P.
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- June 14, 2014
History's most important and serious figures enjoyed getting the camera out to document goofy faces and stupid antics. We're all freaking children, all of us.
- By Kristi Harrison
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- June 09, 2014
Some of the origins behind the names of countries are downright ridiculous.
- By Ruy Platt
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- June 03, 2014
There's a fine line between 'eccentric duke' and 'poop-smeared psychopath,' and the following folks skipped gaily across that line.
- By Claire Gordon
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- June 01, 2014
I've dug up five examples (and many more variations) of punishment civilization has left behind, which I encourage you to reflect on the next time you're feeling like you're about to be naughty.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- May 27, 2014
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