Science & History
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
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The 6 Most Awesome Special Effects Produced by Nature
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- By MJ Alba
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6 Images That Ruined the Lives of People They Made Famous
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- By Eric Yosomono, Drew Anderson
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The 6 Most Hilariously Petty Abuses of Military Power
We're all for goofing around at work -- our entire business model is based on it. But when that workplace is the military, you'd hope there wouldn't be people running around doing dumbass things.
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- By Xavier Jackson
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5 Shockingly Progressive Ideas From 'Primitive' Cultures
We're not only less progressive today than you might think, but there have been some truly shocking moments of tolerance in history that make the modern world look downright bigoted.
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- By Patrick McCarty, Patrick Hopkins, Xavier Chavez-Sarria
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7 Popular Old-Timey 'Hobbies' That Will Give You Nightmares
People used to have atomic bomb viewing parties. That is all.
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- By R. Jason Benson
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5 Insane Strategies That Won Elections (and Changed History)
Sometimes, just sometimes, a politician gleefully ignores all the conventional weaponry and wins the battle by slapping the enemy down with the rubber chicken of nsanity.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Evan V. Symon , Micah Duke
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5 Things Everyone Hates (Science Says You Secretly Enjoy)
Let's face it: Humans like to whine. But science has discovered that we've been frontin' the whole time.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Dennis Hong
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5 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals
Animals we see today used to be much larger in olden times. Like, a LOT larger. Also, a lot meaner, hungrier, and ripped-straight-from-our-nightmares-ier.
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- By Fred Zhu
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20 Terrifying Facts Food Companies Don't Want You to Know
You know all those fluorescent orange chips, and fruit shaped candy you stuff down your gullet aren't good for you. But what's mind-blowing is just how diabolical the people who sell you junk food are when it comes to getting you hooked.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Lies About the Vietnam War You Probably Believe
Many of the things you think you know about Vietnam turn out to be complete bullshit.
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- By Alex Hanton, Eric Yosomono, Adam Page
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5 Mind-Blowing Ways Your Senses Lie to You Every Day
We're pretty sure the thing your brain does best is convince you that it works. But it doesn't take much to spot the bizarre little flaws in your gray matter.
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- By Dennis Hong
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5 Conspiracy Theories That Are Shockingly Easy to Debunk
Even among theories like these (which count their believers in the millions), you find that the whole thing is usually based on some embarrassingly simple misunderstanding.
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- By Douglas A. McDonnell, M. Asher Cantrell
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6 Unassuming Animals That Are Secretly Immortal
It turns out some animals living in our world seem to be kicking death in the ass just by hanging around and doing what they do.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Sharilee Foertch
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