Science & History
You Learned the Recorder Due To School Cheapness
Why can you play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' on an instrument that fell out of favor in the Vivaldi era?
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Soooo The Assassin Plan In 'Manchurian Candidate' And 'Zoolander' Was Real
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- By Amanda Mannen
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4 True Crime Stories That Crank The Crazy
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- By Alex Hanton
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14 Facts About Historical People (History Left Out)
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- By Shea
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Wading Naked in the Potomac: 12 Presidential Pastimes
Presidential side hustles, from Washington to Obama.
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- By Matt Solomon
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4 Historical Figures With Undeserved Reputations
The thing about history is that it tends to concern people who are no longer at liberty to say “Wait, I can explain.”
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Charles Dickens' Jerk Bird Inspired Edgar Allan Poe' 'The Raven'
That’s right: One of the most well-known poems in the world today is essentially fan fiction.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Can't Make It Up: The Reason Oklahoma's Shaped Like That
Why is Oklahoma?
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Historical Texts That Were Surprisingly Filthy
The authors who wrote these works have been dead for centuries, so we've passed the event horizon from 'prurient' to 'educational.'
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- By Alex Hanton
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15 Companies Who Started Out Selling Way Different Stuff
If you had 150 years, could you pivot from a toilet paper pulp mill to a major tech company?
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- By Cracked Writers, Jesse
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16 Scientific Studies Highlighting The Different Experiences Of Men And Women
Science loves to study how men and women have different experiences.
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- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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U.S. Presidents Can't Really Accept Gifts (Except For Occasional Lions)
Never look a gift lion in the mouth.
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- By Cedric Voets
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15 Food Origins That'll Make You Say "Huh. Wish I Hadn't Read That."
You don't want to know how the sausage is made. Or the Fanta. Or the graham crackers.
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- By Jesse
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Mailmen Really Did Use To Deliver Babies
Back off, storks, this is USPS territory.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Inventor of Modern Condoms' Family Battle To Get Their Factory Back
Fromm was forced by the Nazis to sell his business at a fraction of its value because Fromm was Jewish and Nazis are evil.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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