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Fenn's Hidden Treasure Has Finally Been Found! (Maybe ...)
Forrest Fenn's treasure has been discovered. At least according to Forrest Fenn.
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- By Dan Duddy
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Utterly WTF Ways People Died Chasing A Story
The pen is mightier than the sword, until the writer gets decapitated.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Totally Bonkers Emergency Plans Countries Prepped For
Many of our civic institutions possess the calculated vision of a 5 AM drunk ordering 2,000 AA batteries off Amazon.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Historical Pandemic Conspiracies More Crackers Than Today's
This has happened before, it will happen again.
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- By Maggie Clancy
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Why Your City Looks Ugly AF
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- By William Kuechenberg
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Dumb Moments In History: When Rich Weirdos Hand-Picked The Next Jesus
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- By Mark Hill
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Chilling Dick Moves By Death Row Inmates
Take a deep breath, dear reader, because this is about to get dark.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Important History Question: Where Did Jesus's Foreskin Go?
Seriously, one of you guys has to have it.
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- By Mac Faber
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Tolkien Versus Disney, And More WTF Historical Feuds
Tolkien reeeeally hated Disney's dwarves.
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- By Mark Hill
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Hark! Shakespeare's Globe Theatre May Closeth Forever Due To This Crappe
A plague upon the house of Shakespeare.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Absolutely Ancient People Who Are Still Extremely Alive
Living forever is great when your life rules.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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6 Everyday Groups (With A Sinister Original Purpose)
Groups that seem totally legit today began with a secret agenda -- who knew?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Tyrants Who Punched Down On WTF Dumb Things
With great power comes great douchebaggery.
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- By Agus Tamini
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The Historical Bond That Ireland And Native Americans Have Is Helping Out Big Time Right Now
People separated by an entire ocean, but bonded tighter than you'd imagine.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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Politicians With Truly Staggering Levels Of Pettiness
Sometimes, politics is more art than science.
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- By Steven Assarian, Kasper Kauhanen, Johan Kurniawan, Christian Markle, Richard C. Shaffer
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