Science & History
5 Beloved Holiday Traditions (That Started Out Crazy Dark)
You might occasionally wonder how all these holiday traditions got started. We'd advise you not to dig too deeply, because you might not like what you find ...
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- By Chris Radomile
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5 Terrifying Diseases From History (People Just Made Up)
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- By Mark Hill
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6 WTF Facts You Never Knew About Famed Speeches From History
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- By Isaac Cabe
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6 True Abraham Lincoln Stories Too Crazy For History Class
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- By Stephan Roget
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
18 Insane Statistics That'll Change Your View Of History
It’s safe to assume you’re picturing everything wrong.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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Historical Marvels You Didn't Know Existed
Time travel is likely confined to questionably structured sci-fi movies for the foreseeable future.
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- By James Freeth
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22 People Who Admitted They Were Terrible, And Changed
Believe it or not, there are people in this world who realize they’re wrong, admit it, and stop being terrible.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Ordinary Things (That Reveal Your Deepest Darkest Secrets)
Science says that a bunch of seemingly innocuous things we do on a regular basis secretly mark us as grade-A jerks.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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5 WTF Ways People Are Cashing In On Famous Murderers
Crime does not pay. Crime history, however, can make you filthy stinking rich.
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 Reasons Why The Marvel Universe Makes Absolutely No Sense
As Marvel developed its increasingly convoluted cinematic universe they proved even they weren't exempt from the occasional misstep.
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- By Stone Erickson
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Fates Worse Than Death For Famous People's Bodies
There’s resting in peace, and then there’s this.
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- By AM Smiley, Carolyn Burke
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5 Terrifying Real Artifacts (With Even Creepier Stories)
It's that time of year again, so get ready to dive in with these artifacts that would've made Indiana Jones soil his khakis.
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- By Adam Wears, Ivan Farkas
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5 Gruesome Experiments Scientists Tested (On Themselves)
Some brave scientists get around the ethics board by using themselves as guinea pigs.
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- By Richard Gough, Jordan Breeding
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6 Terrifying Serial Killers (Who Are Still Out There)
It's comforting to pretend that real-life crime plays by the same rules as TV, and that sooner or later every killer is nabbed by an attractive cop with a clever one-liner. Unfortunately, some deranged murderers are never found.
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- By Mark Hill
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7 Stories So Horrifying They Actually Got Cut From The Bible
We're pretty certain that horror movies have been based off of the Virgin Mary's genitals.
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- By Alex Hanton, Daisy Walters
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