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It's generally accepted that while reckless charges into danger make for great action movie scenes, they aren't good battle strategy. These men disagreed.
- By Eric Yosomono
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- November 26, 2011
Selling out is an age-old tradition, and some icons from your history books were doing it long before musicians and athletes perfected the art.
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- November 25, 2011
Everyone loves Thanksgiving, except some Native Americans, wellness consultants, and meth addicts disowned by their families. So basically: New Mexico. But which Thanksgiving do you celebrate? The one you learned in school? Or the one where all your illusions are stripped from your screaming husk in the burning light of truth you thought you wanted
- By Brendan McGinley
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- November 24, 2011
Mercy isn't a part of any army's strategy. And yet, inspiring stories of mercy on the battlefield do turn up all through history. In the most inhumane settings, sometimes a little humanity shines through.
- By Xavier Jackson, Douglas A. McDonnell
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- November 24, 2011
Just because we didn't hear speeches for when the whole country was going to shit doesn't mean they were never written ...
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- November 23, 2011
Sometimes it's bad luck, or shady business dealings, or the fact that the world just plain isn't ready. But one way or another, we've lost world-changing innovations for, in hindsight, ridiculous reasons.
- By Dustin Koski, Adam Koski
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- November 17, 2011
These five plans remained in the back pockets of various world leaders that, had they been used, would have changed the world, and possibly the language this article was written in.
- By Evan V. Symon
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- November 03, 2011
There is no goofier Hollywood invention than the Flamboyant Killer. Real killers are, of course, much stranger.
- By E. Reid Ross
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- October 27, 2011
- By Eric Yosomono, Drew Miller
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- October 21, 2011
History is full of royal women who kicked all kinds of ass. None of them fit for a Disney movie.
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- October 20, 2011
No comedy would be complete without the Wacky Screwup Brother, the Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover-type who is there to throw a wrench in everything with some sort of stupid scheme (also see: Gob Bluth from Arrested Development). It's not so funny in real life.
- By Evan V. Symon
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- October 19, 2011
You should probably bookmark this article for the next time you're in a bad mood.
- By John Champion
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- October 17, 2011
The results of these team-ups were usually insane, if not world-changing.
- By Juan Arteaga, Jacopo della Quercia
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- October 11, 2011
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- September 30, 2011
Your whole life you've been taught the importance of coming in first. Whether you're the first to make a great discovery or the first to hit the finish line, it's all a big deal. That's why it's right to point out the phonies.
- By Eddie Rodriguez, John Champion
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- September 19, 2011
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