Science & History

4 Very Important Ideas That Started as Jokes
Before it devastated the U.S. economy, trick-down economics was funny?
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- By Amanda Mannen
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12 Ridiculous Myths About History's Monsters And Dictators, Debunked
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- By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
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5 Questions You’d Never Think to Ask That Autopsies Answered
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The Mystery of the Machine-Gun Doppelgangers
Did the British inventor of the machine gun reinvent himself as a different, American inventor of the machine gun?
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- By Mike Rampton
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5 Superpowers Ruined By Science
Invisibility isn’t all bank heists and free hamburgers
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- By Eli Yudin
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12 Badass Quotes from Cool Cats Under Pressure
When Werner Herzog got hit by an air rifle, he just said "It was not a significant bullet."
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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12 World-Class Con Artists Who Could Sell A Shit Popsicle To A Lady In White Gloves
Somebody managed to get a Nigerian scammer to copy an entire Harry Potter book by hand.
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- By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
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There Is No Excuse Left to Not Call Your Parents: Parrots That FaceTime Each Other Are Less Lonely
Call your mom, bird brain
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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Four Ways Humans Are Terrible at Communicating, According to Science
It’s probably best for everyone to never flirt
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Ridiculous-Sounding Questions It Somehow Took An Expert to Answer
Who thought a simple caterpillar could throw us into an existential crisis?
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- By Eli Yudin
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Sorry, But There Is Probably Plastic in Your Brain
Saran wrap is choking the life out of us
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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12 Ordinary Things That We Could Conceivably Run Out of One Day
The world is running out of sand. Yes, sand.
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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The 5 Most Surprising Witnesses to Testify in Court
The defense would like to call Nixon — and also Fred Rogers
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Scientists Who Were Just Curious Little Freaks
Just because you’re wearing a lab coat doesn’t mean you’re not weird
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- By Eli Yudin
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