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'Jingle Bells' Eyebrow-Arching History And Creation
Turns out the guy who wrote about how fun it is to ride and sing some sleigh song also wrote Confederate anthems.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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5 Strange Details Of Japan's 19th-Century UFO
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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Spot Something On A Distant Planet? It Might Be Much Closer Than That
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Astronaut Who Was Allergic To The Moon
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The Heart Attack On The Moon, That NASA Covered Up
They spotted it, didn't tell the astronauts, and kept it out of the logs.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Let Go Of Tools In Space, And Lose Them Forever
One astronaut lost $100,000 of tools this way.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Day That Had No News: April 18, 1930
On a news broadcast in 1930, the BBC officially reported that there was no news.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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A Joke Election Led To Our First Woman Mayor (And Prohibition)
Kansas drunks bit off more than they could chew.
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- By Nathan Williams
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Remembering The Cabbie Who Tossed A President Into Pig Poop
Let's go, Buren.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Nice-Sounding Government Policies With Secret Racist Origins
The government never does anything out of the kindness of its heart.
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- By Michael Dawson
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The Plan To Move The White House And Capitol To St. Louis (By Train)
This way, they'd avoid those D.C. mosquitos.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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There's A Tree That Owns Itself
We may not be homeowners yet, but this tree sure is.
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- By Crystal Duan
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The First Sunglasses Were Meant To Make You Look Like An Emotionless Slab
The future's so stoic, you gotta wear shades.
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- By Crystal Duan
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Why Won't Americans Drink Tea?
Americans love waking up to gulp down as much jitter juice as they can get their hands on. But why is the only cold brew we like from a bean and not a leaf?
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- By Stephen Buckley
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The 4 Great Manslayers: Japan's Badass Samurai Assassins
A group of elite assassins who went down in history.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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