Science & History
7 Horrifying Historical Origins of Famous Corporate Logos
Nobody holds the copyright on ancient myths. So why make up a new name for your company when you can just call it Trojan? A word of advice, though. Before you go sticking a mythological figure on your logo, take a few minutes to look up its story. Otherwise you get some downright hilarious unintentional results.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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6 Surprisingly Advanced Ways Animals Use Medicine
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- By Dagmar Baer
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6 Real Planets That Put Science Fiction to Shame
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- By Nick Dobkin
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Counterintuitive Tricks to Beating Popular Game Shows
Deal or No Deal went to great lengths to hide the fact there was a simple equation behind the whole thing.
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- By Matt Culkin, Michael Voll
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7 Reasons Ants Will Inherit the Earth
When the empires of men finally fall and the memory of our hubris has faded to dust, ants will still be here, running shit.
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- By Monte Richard
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6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers: Update
We've all dreamed of having superpowers at some point (today), and these are the rare cases where people actually got them.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Kier Harris
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5 Reasons Rats Are Way Scarier Than You Think
Rats are kind of creepy and gross, but they're not all that bad, right? Wrong.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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8 Humans Whose Eating Habits Would Make a Goat Puke
Lots of people have their own personal diet plans, and nutritionists don't always agree on which one is best. Nutritionists do agree that everything on this list is a bad idea.
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- By Pauli Poisuo, Elliot Crossan , Karl Smallwood
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5 Lost Photos That Could Have Changed History
There are amazing accomplishments, conspiracy theories and outlandish claims that are all supposedly out there waiting to be proven true ... if only we could find the pictures.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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5 Seemingly Innocent Ways You've Screwed The World Today
Maybe you hippies are on to something -- a huge chunk of the damage we're doing to the world is due to things you probably didn't even know you were doing.
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- By Robert Evans, Budd Erickson
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5 Famous People Who Succeeded Long After They Should've Quit
If you haven't found your calling by, say, age 30, it's pretty much hopeless, right? If you were going to make it, you'd have made it by now. Well ... maybe not.
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- By Simon Dufresne, Dyl Moore
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6 Myths Everyone Believes about Space (Thanks to Movies)
Yep, it's not enough for space to make us feel small -- it needs to make us feel stupid, too.
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- By Jesse Clark, Pete Griffin
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5 Creepy Forms of Mind Control You're Exposed to Daily
We know what you're thinking: You're far too cynical to fall for the ads you fast forward through on your DVR or the little tricks employed by marketers and politicians to push your subconscious buttons. But are you sure?
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- By Dennis Hong
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The 6 Weirdest Ways Wild Animals Are Having to Adapt to Us
Humanity's only effect on the animal kingdom isn't just pure destruction; in fact, sometimes our ecological footprint looks more like a clown shoe.
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- By Karl Smallwood
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