Science & History
12 Seemingly Impossible Feats That Science Pulled Off Out Of Nowhere
An alchemist invented phosphorus by trying to turn pee into gold.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Fascinating ‘Lasts’ from History
Find out the last movie VHS lovers ever got to enjoy
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- By Eli Yudin
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The Great 19th Century Freak-Out About Being Accidentally Buried Alive
‘Premature burial’ is basically everyone’s worst nightmare, but back in the 1800s, it was prevalent enough that a whole funereal economy sprang up around it
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- By Mike Rampton
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4 Pioneers in Crime
This guy was serial killing when H.H. Holmes was just a glint in the devil’s eye
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- By Eli Yudin
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The Funniest Reactions to Einstein Appearing in ‘Oppenheimer’
Damn, they really are getting everyone for this movie
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- By Ian Garner
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How Laughing Gas Created America’s First Comedy Boom
The 1840s saw Americans across the country acting like a bunch Jokers
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- By Alex Hanton
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The Three Most Hilarious Things About Watergate, According to David Mandel, the Man Behind ‘White House Plumbers’
Watergate has always been more of a comedy than drama
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- By Brian VanHooker
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5 Odd Truces in the History of War
When Russia versus Germany had to take a backseat to Humans versus Wolves.
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- By Eli Yudin
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Facebook Might Be the Key to Keeping Your Brain Young
Yes, you read that correctly
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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5 Laws That Made Life Miserable in the Old Days
No kissing your spouse in public, or else it was off to the stocks with you
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 Amazing Feats Of Engineering Pulled Off By The Ancients
Ancient Greeks had a robot servant that could pour you drinks.
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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Slow Down There, Popeye, You’re Doing Your Spinach Smoothie All Wrong
Now who can be smug about what’s a health food and what’s not?
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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