Science & History
6 Tricks That Let You Control Animals Like The Beast Master
Evolution has afforded every animal in the world the tools perfectly designed for its survival, whether it be claws, venom, horns, or whatever it is that cockroaches have. But every once in a while evolution makes a mistake and leaves a totally useless trait in an entire species. That's bad news for them, but good news for us, as it can be amusing
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- By Kevin Forde
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6 'Wuss' Behaviors That Were Once Badass Survival Instincts
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- By Kristi Harrison, Dennis Hong
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6 Uneducated Amateurs Whose Genius Changed the World
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- By John Champion
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7 Mind-Blowing Vehicles Built and Driven by Animals
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- By Jonathan Wojcik
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Personality Quirks You Didn't Know Were Medical Conditions
Your weird quirks don't make you a quirky snowflake. They make you a medical textbook entry.
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- By Andrew Martin
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The Science Behind Stupidly Hot Peppers [CHART]
The Scoville hotness scale ain't got shit on us.
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- By John Larwood
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The 5 Strangest Ways Your Mind Can Get Your Body Sick
The brain can fool the body into thinking it's sick, complete with physical symptoms. And we're not talking about bullshit symptoms like headaches, either.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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6 Civil War Myths Everyone Believes That Are Total B.S.
We might be going out on a limb here, but we're guessing that most of our readers aren't hardcore Civil War historians. And since VH-1 discontinued their series before they got around to the 1860s, a lot of us are walking around with Civil War misinformation firmly wired in our brains.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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7 Animals That Are Evolving Right Before Our Eyes
f you or someone you know refuses to believe that organisms change over time without proof on a monkey-man level, here are some animals in the middle of getting their evolve on.
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- By Kristi Harrison
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6 Intimate Details You Can Tell Just By Looking At Someone
Experts say you can tell a whole lot of intimate details about a person just by looking at them. It's not magic and it's not 100 percent. But it is science.
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- By Kathy Benjamin, Simon Bower
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The 8 Most Disgusting Animal Defenses
Mother Nature: Finding ways to give us nightmares since whenever.
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- By Ezekiel Buchheit, Crystal Beran
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10 Famous Unsolved Mysteries Easily Explained by Science
Science: Ruining campfire stories since 1625.
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- By Pauli Poisuo, M. Asher Cantrell
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5 Shocking Ways You Overestimate Yourself
Hate pictures of yourself? That's your brain telling you lies.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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6 Insane Stories of a Magician Who Helped Win WWII
How's this for a disclaimer: Much of what follows might be complete bullshit.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Dustin Koski
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5 Unexpected Downsides of High Intelligence
You know that phrase, 'Ignorance is bliss'? There's a reason it's stuck around all these years.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez
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