Science & History

5 Stupid Juries That Prove the Justice System Is Broken
It's no surprise that this system goes wrong from time to time. It's just surprising how wrong it goes.
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- By Jeff Bennion, Eric Yosomono, Gregory Myers
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5 Common Nightmares We All Have
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- By Anita Serwacki, Chris Pauls
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5 Gigantic Wars You Won't Believe Almost Happened
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Edward Chusid
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The 5 Most Badass Ways People Escaped from Slavery
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- By Alex Hanton
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Ridiculous Lies You Believe About Ancient Civilizations
Much of what we know about ancient Greece and Rome tends to come from films and TV. And, well, much of what we know is plain wrong.
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- By J. Wisniewski
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The 5 Most Impressively Convoluted Traps Set by Animals
Some animals refuse to play by the rules.
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- By Monte Richard, Andrew Heaton
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5 Shockingly Crazy Ideas Behind Huge Scientific Discoveries
Some of the most important innovators in history were just as interested in voodoo as they were in science, and often stumbled across their greatest works by accident.
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- By Salla Maaria
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7 Filthy Jokes You Didn't Notice in Shakespeare
What most non-English majors don't realize is that under Shakespeare's flowery language and incomprehensible old-timey wordplay is a whole lot of sly references to boners, anal sex, masturbation, and much worse.
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- By Grace McCarthy
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5 Surprising Upsides of Horrible Natural Disasters
Just occasionally, natural disasters can have surprising upsides. Here are a few cases where the universe's fury has actually worked out pretty well for some of the people involved.
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- By Alex Hanton, Micah Duke
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5 Popular Medications You Won't Believe Mess With Your Brain
If you want to terrify yourself, go into your medicine cabinet and read all of the really weird side effects at the bottom of the label.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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The 5 Most Outrageous Bluffs In the History of War
Every good military strategist knows that a well-constructed bluff can overcome almost any odds.
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- By Alex Hanton
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5 Priests Who Turned Badass When Things Got Critical
The downside of being a man of God in a military setting is that there really is a cap on how much ass-kicking you can do. (Sometimes.)
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- By Evan V. Symon
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The 6 Most WTF Scientific Theories About Existence
We're not saying that any of these mind-blowing theories about the nature of everything are accurate, we're just saying that they were proposed by people smarter than us.
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- By Chris Fox
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5 Ridiculous Modern Fashions With Badass Historical Origins
It seems like fashion trends these days are nothing but pointless peacocking, but you might be surprised to find out that many of them arose from a very genuine need.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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