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5 Insane True Stories of Hostages Outsmarting Their Captors
We won't stop until kidnappers everywhere are too worried about their victims making them look like jackasses to ever nap a kid again.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Kier Harris, Carolyn Burke, Simone B.
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438 The 5 Coolest Things Ever Said In The History of War
Here's the latest installment in our series 'Holy hell, people actually talk like action heroes in real life?'
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Jorden Weir
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- 600
11 Old-Timey Photos That Somehow Aren't Photoshopped (Pt. 4)
When taken at face value, pictures from the olden days are either fake as hell or proof that the entire time between the Big Bang and our birth was totally messed up.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- 227
5 Historical Figures Who Made James Bond Look Like a Pussy
Some of these folks clawed their way up from mundanity simply by having immense balls.
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- By David Rheinhart
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- 378
5 Barbaric Practices That Are More Modern Than You Think
Things we assume were left in the distant past have a way of lingering on, decades or centuries longer than you'd have thought.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Evan V. Symon , Aaron Granger
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- 765
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5 Ruthless Dictators Hiding in Plain Sight as Normal People
Turns out you never know who's selling you that bottle of Evan green label.
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- By Alex Hanton, Virgil Texas
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- 407
The 5 Creepiest Death Rituals From Around the World (Part 2)
Given humankind's penchant for handling pretty much everything it encounters with complete and utter insanity, it's no surprise that some of our death rituals have gotten a little ... inspired.
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- By Himanshu Sharma
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- 317
5 Famous Modern Events You Won't Believe Happened Before
You can rest assured that many of the 'modern' problems we deal with today were around in Grandpa's time, too.
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- By Adam Wears, John Martin, Ruy Platt
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The 6 Ballsiest Con Men of All Time
We're not sure where you run when you rob a whole nation.
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- By Dave Snyder, John Martin
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- 286
The 6 Greatest Twist Endings in the History of Battle
There's a reason Hollywood makes more movies about war than, say, wine tasting competitions.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , B.A. van Hecke, John Martin
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- 395
11 Old War Photos You Won't Believe Aren't Fake (Part 2)
War is a wacky, bizarre kind of hell.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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- 322
6 Legendary Lost Treasures That Are Still Up for Grabs
These awesome finds are still unclaimed after centuries ... or at least they were, before we posted this article.
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- By Alex Sinclair Lack
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- 418
6 Mysterious Deaths That'll Make You Believe in Conspiracies
Disclaimer for any government officials, mobsters, or assassins in general reading this: We don't really believe that any of the following conspiracy theories about mysterious deaths are true.
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- By Jaspar G.
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The 6 Most Ridiculous Lies Ever Published as Nonfiction
The next time you read a biography filled with unusually inspiring, heartbreaking, or just plain awesome stories, keep in mind that there's a solid chance it's all complete and utter B.S.
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- By Vann Vicente
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5 Geniuses Whose Careers Peaked at a Shockingly Young Age
Young people can and constantly come up with plenty of awesome ideas, even when they operate in fields that are seemingly impossible to conquer until you've sprouted several gray hairs.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Matthew Moffitt
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- 520
