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5 Crooks Who Succeeded So Hard They Had To Catch Themselves
These idiots would probably still be free today if they'd simply cashed their (considerable) chips in while they were ahead.
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- By Robin Warder, Britni Patterson
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166 Presidential Candidates Who'll Make You Thankful for Trump
If we're being totally honest with ourselves, presidential elections have historically been kind of a shitshow.
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- By Chris Radomile
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5 Bizarre Ways People Got F'ed Up Throughout History
Laughing gas wasn't used for anything surgical for about 70 years after its synthesis.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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Unexplained Things That Only Happen In A Few Places On Earth
Las Vegas is depressing its residents to death.
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- By Patrick Coyne
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We Don't Think These Words Mean What You Think They Mean
Apparently assassins and hashish go hand-in-hand.
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- By Jamie Wyman
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- 238
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6 Disasters With Details So Awful, History Left Them Out
Some clouds, it's been said, have a silver lining. But clouds can get even worse. Those are the clouds we're talking about in this article.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Civil Rights Movement Myths You Learned In History Class
If you want to see just how messy real history can be -- and how important it is that we recognize its messiness -- look no further than the civil rights movement.
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- By Adam Koski, Bevan Morgan
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Great Artists Who Passionately Hated Their Most Famous Work
Here are a few works of art we nearly lost to the blood-rage that lives within all creative types.
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- By Janel Comeau, Rachel Loomis
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5 Bizarre Ways Everyone Gets World War II Wrong
If you're like us and got most of your World War II knowledge from fighting Hitler in a robot suit, so most of this should come as news.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Adam Koski
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7 Modern Social Issues That Are Older Than You Think
Long before everyone hashed out Caitlyn Jenner's pronoun switch in their heads, grammar nerds were already on the case.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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5 Things You Think Are Crusty Old History (That Aren't)
Sometimes things you assume were relegated to museums back when your grandparents were still riding tricycles to school stuck around much longer than you realize.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , E.M. Caris
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5 Irreplaceable Cultural Treasures (Destroyed By Stupidity)
The Universe has a habit of allowing irreplaceable examples of human creativity to be destroyed by Mr. Bean levels of bumbling stupidity.
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- By J. Olasz
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5 Totally Harmless Phrases (Are Secretly Offensive Jokes)
The 'other side of the tracks' wasn't always a metaphorical term for the neighborhood with the best rib joints.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Mike Bedard, Jamie Wyman
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Unreal Heroes Who Died Protecting Precious Knowledge
Dian Fossey's idea of environmental conservation involved pistol-whipping poachers.
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- By Mordecai Jones
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Seemingly Innocuous Things (That Are Racist)
How come Mario, Bugs Bunny, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mickey Mouse all wear white gloves? You might not want to know.
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- By Nate Yungman
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