Science & History
4 People Who Couldn’t Take A Hint
If at first you don’t succeed, make something an unhealthy, lifelong obsession
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- By Eli Yudin
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12 Amazing Accomplishments And Works Of Art Done in Record Time
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- By JhallComics, Andrea Meno
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Being a Slacker at Work Pays Off
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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Men Are Weaker at Lifting... Babies
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The Pioneering 18th Century Chess Robot That Was Just a Dude Hiding in a Box
The ‘Mechanical Turk’ blew minds. It was taken around Europe and America, presented as a sophisticated automaton that could beat almost anyone at chess — including Benjamin Franklin. Crowds flocked to see this technological marvel, a machine that could outwit the strongest of human minds. But it wasn’t nearly as ingenious as it seemed
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- By Mike Rampton
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13 Old-School Vacations, Hobbies and Pastimes That Would Be Illegal Today
Nuclear explosion watching used to be a thing.
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- By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
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5 Medieval Weapons That Would Make a 21st Century Softboi Shriek
Beheading actually sounds pretty good, comparatively
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- By Eli Yudin
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12 Mythbusting Moments Necessary Because Of Organized Religion
According to the Catholic Church, beavers are fish.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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‘Touch Grass’ Is Actually a Great Piece of Advice
A hit of nature is obviously better than another swig of Mountain Dew and round of ‘Call of Duty,’ but it also has some seriously great health benefits, too
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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13 Great Works of Art That Were Never Finished
Isaac Asimov never actually finished the 'Foundation' series.
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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Sour Grapes: Science Confirms That Any Amount of Booze Isn’t Good for You
Go home heart-healthy glass of wine, you’re drunk
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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5 Famous Stories About People From History That Are Really Just Myths
Pics or it didn’t happen
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 Breakthrough Scientific Discoveries That Went Disastrously Wrong
Heroin was invented as a cough medicine.
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- By JhallComics, Andrea Meno
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5 Utter Failures from History’s First Fire Departments
Wait, we thought firefighters were supposed to be heroes?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Barbaric 19th Century Surgery with a 300 Percent Mortality Rate
Pioneering surgeon Robert Liston swung a bone-saw with such ferocity that he was allegedly able to kill three men on or around the operating table (such as it was back then) in one fell swoop
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- By Mike Rampton
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