Science & History
The British Family You Could Pay To Learn What Time It Was
You could pay Ruth to look at her watch.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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13 Facts To Make Us Sound Smarter And/Or More Informed
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- By Andrea Meno
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During WW II, Italian Doctors Made Up A Disease (To Save Jewish Lives)
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The First Airship Filled With Helium Still Crashed Spectacularly
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Dance Marathons Could Last For Months During The Great Depression
Dance marathons were the hottest craze of the 1920s.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Ben Franklin Electrocuted Turkeys (And Himself)
The birds, once zapped, would get right back up again.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Woman Behind The Home Security System
Thanks to her, our minds can be at ease…
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- By Oona O'Brien
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How Red Flags Made Up the Food Pyramid
A look into what happened...
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- By Oona O'Brien
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Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Began As A Christmas Parade (On Thanksgiving)
The Christmas season begins when stores say it does.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Sybil Ludington: The Less Famous, But More Rad, Paul Revere
In 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles by horseback to rally American troops.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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13 Now-You-Know Facts About Witches (They Didn’t Teach At School)
People had some really, really weird beliefs about witches.
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- By Andrea Meno
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That Helium's Pretty Precious (But Used To Be Much More Precious)
The Hindenburg used hydrogen NOT because we hadn't yet figured out it's flammable. It was because helium used to be so rare.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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France Tried To Make A Fake Paris For World War I
In a plan so out there that it could've worked, France planned to build a decoy Paris right next to real Paris.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Cracked VS: The Deep Oceans vs. Space
How many atmospheres is too much? Too little?
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- By JhallComics
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5 Terrifying Animal Superpowers
Spiders fly for hundreds of miles. No one is safe.
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- By Tara Marie
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