Science & History
5 Ridiculous Medical Myths You Probably Believe
The truth is that most of us aren't exactly doctors when it comes to our knowledge of modern illness. A lot of what we know and believe about how to avoid being sick is based on old wives' tales and approximately as medically advanced as the idea that masturbation causes blindness.
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- By Jesse Clark
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The 7 Most Terrifying Archaeological Discoveries
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- By Adam Wears, S. McClelland-Crosby
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5 Seemingly Harmless Things That Are Stressing You Out
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Absurd Sci-Fi Scenarios Science is Actually Working On
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- By Joe Oliveto
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Scientific Explanations for Your Sexual Perversions
While maybe we can't explain your thing with puppets, science does have a few ideas about the other stuff we're into.
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- By Robert Evans
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13 Old War Photographs You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
Maybe some of the ways we picture WWII looking -- all razor-jawed men charging through the mud in black and white -- isn't entirely accurate. Because we know for a fact that at least some of the soldiers were carrying floppy dong-shaped rifles into battle.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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5 Nazi Plans That Prove They Were Dumber Than You Think
Other websites like to tiptoe around the issue, but we've never hesitated to come out and just say it: The Nazis were bad. We're also going out on a limb with this once: They were stupid.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Terrifying Creatures That Keep Going After They're Dead
If you're anything like us, cutting off a deadly snake's head is your best and only move, and sometimes not even that will work.
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- By K. Montagne, Dagmar Baer
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6 Insane Pet Journeys That Put Disney Movies to Shame
Just FYI: These stories require even more suspension of disbelief than any Pixar movie.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez
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6 Scientific Advances Courtesy of Reckless Self-Endangerment
It turns out that even science isn't always an exact science. There are plenty of white-coated professionals throughout history who spat in the face of empirical research and just injected themselves with shit to see what would happen.
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- By Chris Rio
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The 5 Scariest Things About Life as a Human Test Subject
Human medical test subject is in that category of jobs that kind of seems like free money. Free, horrifying money
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- By Sara Ohlms, Mary Johnson
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The 5 Most Horrifyingly Bad Mothers in the Animal Kingdom
While human mothers certainly deserve all of the flowers and phone calls they get on Mother's Day, we dare say that there are other species where motherhood is an even more trying and/or terrifying ordeal.
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Reasons Being Left-Handed Screws You for Life
Much of the last century or so has been dedicated to alleviating the plight of minorities, from one human rights campaign to the next. But in all this time, one group has consistently fallen through the cracks: left-handed people.
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- By T. Z. Keiser
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The 5 Ballsiest Casino Cheats of All Time
While we're 95 percent sure 'Ocean's 11' wasn't a documentary, there are some real world Danny Oceans using real world Danny Oceanesque cheats. Only they didn't have to risk breaking into a vault to rob the casinos for piles of cash; they did it right from the casino floor, with ingenious tricks.
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- By Benjamin Buso
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6 Mind-Blowing Animal Infestations Straight Out of the Bible
Every once in a while, a completely innocuous animal will look at our quaint neighborhoods and civilized lives and say, 'Oh, that's way better. Let's go live there.'
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- By Erik Germ
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