Science & History
Candy Corn: The Complete History of the Worst Halloween Candy
There's no more divisive candy out there, which makes sense because there's no other candy that's based on a grain.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The 15 Scariest Cults You’ve Never Heard Of
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A British Museum Exhibit From Egypt, Seemingly Dead, Suddenly Woke Up
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- By Ryan Menezes
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GUBU, or The Wild Crime Spree That Rocked Ireland In The 1980s
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- By Alex Hanton
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Real-Life Medical Nightmares Straight Out Of Horror Movies
Curses are things of popular fiction. But sometimes, there are real-life medical issues that can feel like fiction becoming reality.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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The Real Winnie the Pooh (Was a Canadian Army Pet)
There really was a gentle black bear named Winnie that won the hearts of London zoogoers, including Christopher Robin Milne.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Skin Crawling Specifics About Serial Killer Ed Gein
The real-life story of society's worst seamster.
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Bananas Forgotten Scandals From US Political History
Remember that time in the '80s when seven congressmen went to jail?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A Mystery Man Impersonated Truman To Make Israel A Country
'Somebody called up the President of Haiti and he said that it was I.'
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The 2016 Clown Sightings: Was It All Just a Hoax?
As if 2016 wasn't already weird and miserable enough, remember when people started seeing creepy clowns lurking everywhere and we were all like, "Sure, why not, death in a sewer, here we come"?
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Enlighten Yourself With The History Of The Jack-O-Lantern
From ghost deterrent to world's worst candy bucket.
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- By Eli Yudin
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Professional Bears Certify Equipment As Bearproof
You never really know till a bear has tested it.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Famine and Formaldehyde: The Long and Occasionally Gross History of Milk
When you think about it, it's pretty gross that we're all going around slurping bovine breastmilk down with our Frappuccinos and bubble tea.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Ripper Crew: The Scariest Cult You've Never Heard Of
It turns out the satanic panic wasn't THAT overblown.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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