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5 Shocking Times First Responders Made Everything Worse
If your job is 'rescuing people,' you sorta need to do it right the first time.
- By Ryan Menezes
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- July 06, 2020
5 Annoying 'Modern' Debates That Have Been Around Forever
Your grandparents were arguing about the same things.
- By Nathan Williams
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- July 05, 2020
Finland's Military Finally Got Rid Of Its Swastikas
Turns out those things have a pretty sketchy history.
- By Cedric Voets
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- July 03, 2020
4 Famous Crimes Everybody Gets Wrong
Yeah, you're definitely remembering these incorrectly.
- By Adam Wears
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- July 03, 2020
A Brief History of Giant Rock, America's Most Bonkers Landmark
This is a story about time machines, aliens, a lot of dynamite, hermits, and a giant rock.
- By Alex Hanton
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- July 02, 2020
4 Very 2020 Hobbies Of Old-School Celebs
It's reassuring to know when we hear the news talk about how our hobbies are dumb bullshit, several icons of history did the exact same stuff during their downtime.
- By Adam Wears
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- June 28, 2020
Serious Works Of Art That Belong On A Metal Album
These artists are not playing.
- By Andrea Meno
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- June 27, 2020
6 Normal Places People Claimed Were The Sites Of Ancient Legends
Sometimes people just roll up to a random island and scream, 'This is the REAL Garden of Eden!'
- By Cedric Voets
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- June 26, 2020
10 Historical Quotes That Everyone Gets Wrong
Time makes chumps of us all.
- By Jesse
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- June 25, 2020
NYPD's Challenge Coins Are Disturbing As Hell
The members-only memorabilia offers a glimpse into police culture.
- By Shea
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- June 24, 2020
6 Famous 2000s Things (That Were Actually Awful)
When one looks back at that decade, we were all complete morons.
- By Nathan Williams
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- June 24, 2020
6 Crazy Stories That Got Cut From The Bible
Back when they were compiling the Bible, a ton of embarrassing stuff got cut.
- By Alex Hanton
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- June 24, 2020
Confederate Monuments Are Being Defaced In Gorgeous Ways
If a picture is worth 1000 words than this picture says, 'FU, Robert E. Lee' 200 times in a row.
- By Dan Duddy
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- June 22, 2020
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