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The Battle Of The Golden Spurs Was Belgium's 'Braveheart' Moment
And not just because Mel Gibson can't do a Flemish accent either.
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- By Cedric Voets
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10 Joan of Arc's Trusted Bodyguard Turned Out To Be Pedophile Serial Killer
When it came to protecting young bodies, he was 1 - 100.
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- By Cedric Voets
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4 Crazy Forgotten Side Stories From World War II
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- By Mark Hill
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4 Noble (Yet Goofy) Attempts To Make The English Language Less Of A Trainwreck
The English language was invented by a collection of hairy men with poorly healed axe wounds to the head.
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- By Alex Hanton
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Obituaries Have Never Been A Dying Artform
From poetry to True Crime, obits have tried it all.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Paper Airplanes Existed Long Before Real Ones
Is the answer finally aliens?!
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Colombia Has a Huge Hippo Problem Thanks to Pablo Escobar
They are, in fact, hungry, hungry hippos.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Potato Chip That Destroyed The Bowels Of America
If Olestra chips were a thing today, they would last 35 minutes before social media turned on them.
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- By Alex Hanton
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6 Crazy Methods Prisoners Used To Escape Execution
You've been sentenced to die. How do you escape?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Football-Style Concussions Turned Henry VIII Into A Wife-Chopping Tyrant
Not the kind of blows to the head he was looking for.
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- By Cedric Voets
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'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' Loose Ends Finally Got Fixed (On The Radio?)
It ties up every loose end Adams had a maddening habit of leaving to dangle.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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No One Knows Why Romans Had X-Rated Coins
Believe it or not, official Roman currency didn’t bear dicks with wings.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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All Hail Josh, America's First (And Only) Emperor
Make America Imperial Again.
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- By Cedric Voets
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In 19th-Century England, Men Sold Their Unhappy Spouses In Wife Auctions
At these locations, an unwanted wife could be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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No One Figured Out Who 'Deep Throat' Was ... Except For Romcom Director Nora Ephron
To be fair, the creative mind behind 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'You’ve Got Mail' is probably not the most trustworthy source of political secrets.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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