Science & History
A Joke Election Led To Our First Woman Mayor (And Prohibition)
Kansas drunks bit off more than they could chew.
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- By Nathan Williams
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Remembering The Cabbie Who Tossed A President Into Pig Poop
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Nice-Sounding Government Policies With Secret Racist Origins
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- By Michael Dawson
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The Plan To Move The White House And Capitol To St. Louis (By Train)
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
There's A Tree That Owns Itself
We may not be homeowners yet, but this tree sure is.
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- By Crystal Duan
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The First Sunglasses Were Meant To Make You Look Like An Emotionless Slab
The future's so stoic, you gotta wear shades.
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- By Crystal Duan
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Why Won't Americans Drink Tea?
Americans love waking up to gulp down as much jitter juice as they can get their hands on. But why is the only cold brew we like from a bean and not a leaf?
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- By Stephen Buckley
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The 4 Great Manslayers: Japan's Badass Samurai Assassins
A group of elite assassins who went down in history.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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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
During the 1960s, four American soldiers defected to North Korea. They became stars in propaganda films.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The Elevator That Was So Perfect, They Put The Inventor In Prison
He used no nails, so they claimed he was sabotaging it.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Staged Train Crashes: Our Dumb, Dangerous Old-Timey Pastime
Starting in 1896, staged train crashes were some of the most popular events in the United States.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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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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