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Obituaries Have Never Been A Dying Artform
From poetry to True Crime, obits have tried it all.
- By Cedric Voets
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- September 27, 2020
Paper Airplanes Existed Long Before Real Ones
Is the answer finally aliens?!
- By Amanda Mannen
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- September 27, 2020
Colombia Has a Huge Hippo Problem Thanks to Pablo Escobar
They are, in fact, hungry, hungry hippos.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- September 26, 2020
The Potato Chip That Destroyed The Bowels Of America
If Olestra chips were a thing today, they would last 35 minutes before social media turned on them.
- By Alex Hanton
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- September 25, 2020
6 Crazy Methods Prisoners Used To Escape Execution
You've been sentenced to die. How do you escape?
- By Ryan Menezes
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- September 21, 2020
Football-Style Concussions Turned Henry VIII Into A Wife-Chopping Tyrant
Not the kind of blows to the head he was looking for.
- By Cedric Voets
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- September 21, 2020
'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' Loose Ends Finally Got Fixed (On The Radio?)
It ties up every loose end Adams had a maddening habit of leaving to dangle.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- September 20, 2020
No One Knows Why Romans Had X-Rated Coins
Believe it or not, official Roman currency didn’t bear dicks with wings.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- September 19, 2020
All Hail Josh, America's First (And Only) Emperor
Make America Imperial Again.
- By Cedric Voets
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- September 19, 2020
In 19th-Century England, Men Sold Their Unhappy Spouses In Wife Auctions
At these locations, an unwanted wife could be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- September 19, 2020
No One Figured Out Who 'Deep Throat' Was ... Except For Romcom Director Nora Ephron
To be fair, the creative mind behind 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'You’ve Got Mail' is probably not the most trustworthy source of political secrets.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- September 16, 2020
Mummies Got Packed With Mummy Snacks
Looks like mummy’s back on the menu.
- By Cedric Voets
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- September 15, 2020
Behold, A Strong Contender For The Best Headline Ever Written
Sometimes you just gotta go with what you know.
- By Alex Hanton
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- September 15, 2020
5 FBI Screw-Ups (They'd Really Like Everybody To Forget)
Like the wearers of those T-shirts from the boardwalk, the FBI experience spectacular failures.
- By Ryan Menezes
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- September 15, 2020
5 Of The Weirdest Ways Toilets Shaped History
Everybody poops, and everybody needs to know these stories.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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- September 12, 2020
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