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The 6 Greatest Moments In Wartime Smack Talk
If only we could be like these people. If we were to suddenly find ourselves in the middle of an honest-to-God firefight, the only sick burns we'd be composing would be the ones in our underpants.
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- By Adam Koski, Jorden Weir, Abraham Mireles
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220 6 Modern-Day Tech Advances (That Your Grandparents Had)
In 1965, inspired by the unique and controversial opinion that cigarettes were terrible, Herbert A. Gilbert set out to create a logical solution: the electronic cigarette.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Vicki Veritas
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- 238
8 Famous Political Scandals You Won't Believe Are Total Lies
It's amazing how one scream out of context can tank an entire campaign, even when you're a frontrunner.
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- By Mark Hill
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- 913
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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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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- 300
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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- 458
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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- 459
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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- 537
