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6 Cartoonishly Simple Battle Plans That Worked
The best plan is the stupidest most unintended one, apparently.
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- By Xavier Jackson
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394 The 5 Most Hilariously Inept Explorers of All Time
These explorers were so flashily incompetent, it's a wonder they ever made it out their front door.
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- By Nathan Blumenthal
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- 291
The 6 Most Mismatched Battles Ever Won by Underdogs
Everyone loves a good David and Goliath story. Particularly when David has nothing to use but his oversized cojones.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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6 Landmarks That Are Secretly Awesome Transformers
Occasionally buildings transform into badass secret identities that make them look like Optimus Prime's cooler older brothers.
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- By N. Christie
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5 Badass Real Fugitives Who Put Action Movies to Shame
Everyone loves a good fugitive story -- it's one of the mainstays of Hollywood action movies. But it turns out real life is so much more badass.
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- By Alex Hanton
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The 5 Most Creative Acts of Insanity by Modern Dictators
It turns out even presidents are just as insane as the Kim Jongs and the Gadhafis out there ... and some are even worse.
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- By Javier Yepes
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6 Carefully Planned 'Utopias' That Went Spectacularly Insane
You can plan for anything except crazy people.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Dumb Myths About Prehistoric Times That Everyone Believes
Don't let your preconceived notions about cavemen make you seem like a caveman.
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- By Steve Kolenberg
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7 Modern Conveniences That Are Way Older Than You Think
Ancient people had a lot of modern luxuries. No Internet, though, so we still win.
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- By C. Coville, Ivan Farkas, Bryan Douey
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5 Iconic Scenes from History Everyone Pictures Incorrectly
Everything your history books taught you is a lie, and that's what keeps us in business!
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- By Robin O'Lachlan
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The 5 Most Incredible Scenes Ever Preserved by Fossils
Every once in a while Mother Nature decides to cut your friendly neighborhood dinosaur hunter some slack by capturing a perfect snapshot of something awesome.
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- By Teddem Yee
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5 Stupid Juries That Prove the Justice System Is Broken
It's no surprise that this system goes wrong from time to time. It's just surprising how wrong it goes.
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- By Jeff Bennion, Eric Yosomono, Gregory Myers
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5 Gigantic Wars You Won't Believe Almost Happened
It's impossible to know exactly what the results would have been, but it's mind-boggling to think how close we were to these.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Edward Chusid
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The 5 Most Badass Ways People Escaped from Slavery
In real life, not only did slaves frequently escape, but they often did it without help from free whites, and without murdering several hundred people.
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- By Alex Hanton
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5 Ridiculous Lies You Believe About Ancient Civilizations
Much of what we know about ancient Greece and Rome tends to come from films and TV. And, well, much of what we know is plain wrong.
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- By J. Wisniewski
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- 2009
