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5 Ridiculous Modern Fashions With Badass Historical Origins

It seems like fashion trends these days are nothing but pointless peacocking, but you might be surprised to find out that many of them arose from a very genuine need.

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By Amanda Mannen
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June 26, 2013

6 Images That Ruined the Lives of People They Made Famous

WARNING: SOME OF THESE IMAGES ARE DISTURBING. We have censored where necessary, but if you're sensitive, you might still want to stay away.

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By Eric Yosomono, Drew Anderson
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June 24, 2013

The 6 Most Hilariously Petty Abuses of Military Power

We're all for goofing around at work -- our entire business model is based on it. But when that workplace is the military, you'd hope there wouldn't be people running around doing dumbass things.

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By Xavier Jackson
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June 24, 2013

5 Shockingly Progressive Ideas From 'Primitive' Cultures

We're not only less progressive today than you might think, but there have been some truly shocking moments of tolerance in history that make the modern world look downright bigoted.

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By Patrick McCarty, Patrick Hopkins, Xavier Chavez-Sarria
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June 23, 2013

7 Popular Old-Timey 'Hobbies' That Will Give You Nightmares

People used to have atomic bomb viewing parties. That is all.

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By R. Jason Benson
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June 21, 2013

5 Insane Strategies That Won Elections (and Changed History)

Sometimes, just sometimes, a politician gleefully ignores all the conventional weaponry and wins the battle by slapping the enemy down with the rubber chicken of nsanity.

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By Xavier Jackson, Evan V. Symon , Micah Duke
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June 20, 2013

4 Wise Proverbs That Need to Be Revised for the Modern World

By Soren Bowie
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June 11, 2013

5 Lies About the Vietnam War You Probably Believe

Many of the things you think you know about Vietnam turn out to be complete bullshit.

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By Alex Hanton, Eric Yosomono, Adam Page
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June 09, 2013

4 Amazing Stories Behind the Most WTF Photos from History

Here are four baffling historical pictures with amazing true backstories.

By Kristi Harrison
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June 06, 2013

5 Conspiracy Theories That Are Shockingly Easy to Debunk

Even among theories like these (which count their believers in the millions), you find that the whole thing is usually based on some embarrassingly simple misunderstanding.

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By Douglas A. McDonnell, M. Asher Cantrell
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June 06, 2013

The 5 Most Incredibly Badass Acts of Nonviolence

Blessed are the peacemakers, right?

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By Dustin Koski, Sam Jackson
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June 02, 2013

5 Ways Pirates Were Way More Modern Than You Realize

In some ways, pirates were bizarrely ahead of the societal curve. In fact, some of their viewpoints would be heartily endorsed by the campus newspaper of a liberal arts college.

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By David Reidy, Paige Turner
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May 30, 2013

5 Words You Use Every Day With Shockingly Dark Backstories

There are common words that you've probably used thousands of times in your life whose origins lay not in an inspired bard trying to expand the way we communicate, but in some dickholes messing with other people or just plain being nasty.

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