Science & History
We've Found Hundreds Of These Weird Artifacts, And No One Knows What They Are
These probably weren't just to look cool.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Americans Who Became North Korean Movie Stars
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The Elevator That Was So Perfect, They Put The Inventor In Prison
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Staged Train Crashes: Our Dumb, Dangerous Old-Timey Pastime
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The British Family You Could Pay To Learn What Time It Was
You could pay Ruth to look at her watch.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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13 Facts To Make Us Sound Smarter And/Or More Informed
More facts to load into your insatiable brain.
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- By Andrea Meno
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During WW II, Italian Doctors Made Up A Disease (To Save Jewish Lives)
When Nazis occupied Italy in 1943, doctors in Rome created a fake disease as a way to save Jewish people in Italy.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The First Airship Filled With Helium Still Crashed Spectacularly
Meanwhile, a fair number of hydrogen airships retired safely.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Dance Marathons Could Last For Months During The Great Depression
Dance marathons were the hottest craze of the 1920s.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Ben Franklin Electrocuted Turkeys (And Himself)
The birds, once zapped, would get right back up again.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Woman Behind The Home Security System
Thanks to her, our minds can be at ease…
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- By Oona O'Brien
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How Red Flags Made Up the Food Pyramid
A look into what happened...
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- By Oona O'Brien
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Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Began As A Christmas Parade (On Thanksgiving)
The Christmas season begins when stores say it does.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Sybil Ludington: The Less Famous, But More Rad, Paul Revere
In 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles by horseback to rally American troops.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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13 Now-You-Know Facts About Witches (They Didn’t Teach At School)
People had some really, really weird beliefs about witches.
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- By Andrea Meno
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