Science & History

Humans Are Evolving? Not So Fast.
Humans might evolve no further. Good.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 Out-Of-This-World NASA Facts
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- By Shea
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Why Are We So Scared of Sharks?
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A Museum Accidentally Smashed The Biggest Viking Ship Ever
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
15 Cute Lil' Critters That Are Filled With Deadly Poison
The most Instagram-worthy death dealers nature has to offer.
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Things About Vikings That We Get All Wrong
Unfortunately, thanks to centuries of misinformation in scholarly histories and in popular culture, most people suffer from a variety of misconceptions about the Vikings, from who they were to when they were active to what, exactly, they did.
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- By Jess Nevins
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Cracked's Eatin' Weird - 4 Ways Food And Fitness Culture Overcomplicate Things
As fitness science improves, so does its love of snake oil.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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How Vikings Used Onion Soup To Find Out If People Would Die
The soup tasted so bad, the patient welcomed death.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Bizarre Deaths That Stand As Cautionary Tales
These tips will ensure you never die, or at least don't die these ways.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Vikings Were Fined For Not Brewing Beer
Without beer, you can't enter Val-ale-la.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Cracked's Eatin' Weird - 5 Oddball Ways Food Influenced History
Today we discuss monster chickens, tuberculosis ice cream, and heavy metal wine laxatives.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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The Viking Age Ended Because A Dude Got Stabbed In The Junk
Every Viking warrior had this one weakness.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Time Thor Thors Gave Thor's Hammer To The U.N.
May whoever lift this hammer have the powers of the secretary-general.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Badass (And Bonkers) Moments In Philosophy History
The history of philosophy is not only full of complex and obscure ideas, but it's also full of badass (and bonkers) stories of radical intellectual bravery …
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- By Talbert Gregson
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