Science & History
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
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- By Karl Smallwood, Sharilee Foertch
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The 5 Most Incredibly Badass Acts of Nonviolence
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- By Dustin Koski, Sam Jackson
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5 Ways Pirates Were Way More Modern Than You Realize
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- By David Reidy, Paige Turner
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Terrifying Things Nobody Tells You About Health Care
Here is a handy manual for the unexpected shocks and nasty surprises you are likely to encounter during your time on the health care carousel.
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- By C. Coville
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5 Ways You Didn't Realize You're Making Your Pet Hate You
You may be unwittingly engaging in behaviors that are making your pet's life a living hell.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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5 Words You Use Every Day With Shockingly Dark Backstories
There are common words that you've probably used thousands of times in your life whose origins lay not in an inspired bard trying to expand the way we communicate, but in some dickholes messing with other people or just plain being nasty.
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- By Augustus Johnson
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12 Early Uses of Electricity That Proves History Was F#@%ed
When mankind first figured out how this mysterious thing called electricity worked, everyone went a little crazy for a while there.
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- By Salla Maaria
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6 People Saved by Literally the Last Person They Expected
When the time came to tell their rivals to eat shit, they instead turned around and said, 'Sure thing, buddy, let me help you with that.'
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- By Robin O'Lachlan, Alex Hanton, Eric Yosomono
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Outfits Ever Worn Into Battle
If you're going into battle, you've got two wardrobe options: You can dress in something practical -- camouflage, body armor, boring shit like that -- or you can slap on a SpongeBob costume.
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- By George Oduor
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5 Disturbing Ways Insects Can 'Hack' Nature
At this very instant they're out there, cracking the most primeval codes in existence.
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Mind-Blowing Ways Science Has Hacked the Human Body
Science fiction taught us that when science starts modifying the human body, it's going to involve robot parts and genetic modification gone terrifyingly wrong. But the reality is that the body modifications that are right around the corner are way less frightening and quite a bit more useful.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez
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5 Simple Ways to Trick Yourself into Not Feeling Pain
It turns out there unexpected ways to reduce pain, and we're not referring to your grandpa's preferred method.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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32 Little Facts About History
We asked our readers to drop some knowledge bombs about history that don't turn up in your text books.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Famous Historical Events You Won't Believe Happened Twice
If we just hadn't forgotten about all of these lesser-known, yet way crazier versions of huge news stories, maybe we could have avoided some of the tragedy.
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- By Steve Shapiro
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