Science & History
Tidbits That Really Put History In Perspective For Us
Our internal time clock must be all wrong.
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- By Shea
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"Rectal Dilators" Were Once Considered A Medical Miracle
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- By Alex Hanton
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4 Uncommon Scenes Of Everyday Life Around The World
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- By Ivan Farkas
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
People Carried A Mummy A Thousand Years Before Sticking It In This Pyramid
Those were a thousand very smelly years.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Time a Spanish Soldier Seemingly Teleported Across the Globe
In 1593, it’s said, a soldier named Gil Perez dozed off in the Philippines and woke up in Mexico, which would have required way more than an annoying plane ride back then.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Tale Of The Taxidermist And The Exploding Dog
This is an instructive fable (says the newspaper who published it).
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Amazing Technological Advancements by Kids and Teenagers
Don't compare them with Elon Musk -- these kids are ACTUALLY cool.
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- By Talbert Gregson, Andres Diplotti
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15 Ways the Ancient World Was Different Than We Imagine
You really shouldn't learn your history from movies.
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- By Talbert Gregson, Andres Diplotti
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Architects May Steal Your Shadow, And Your Soul
'Beware lest they take thy shadow!' warned builders
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Tycho Brahe: History’s Hardest-Partying Scientist
If you think science and raging are mutually exclusive, you've never heard of Tycho Brahe.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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7 Silly Strategies Animals Use To Survive
Not all animals have the advantage of jaws and claws, meaning that some have lucked into stupid but satisfactory strategies for survival.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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An Earl Got A Shrine Built To His Own Severed Leg
This was a 19th-century version of Wikifeet.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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How White Claw Decapitated The Hard Beverage Market
The skinny can that silently took over the alcohol business.
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- By Eli Yudin
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A (Scientific) Curse Kept Killing The People Of Apartment 85
Four died. Seventeen more were hurt.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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