Science & History
7 Real Ads (That Were Clearly Made By Insane Nihilists)
Sometimes ads not only make zero sense, they're downright degrading.
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- By Nimby Smith
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Huge Real-World Consequences Of Thinking Vaginas Are Icky
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- By Adam Koski, Roisin Isner, Mike Turner
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6 Everyday Things You Had No Clue Were Made Of Dead Animals
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- By Kelly Stone
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6 Unbelievable Tales Of Nazi Defectors You Never Knew About
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
7 Times History Went Straight Slapstick
History is sometimes written by the winners and other times written by coked-out sitcom writers desperate to finish a scene.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Alexander Pan, Jordan Breeding, Mike Turner
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America's Tomatoes Taste Like Garbage (Because Of Racism)
Odds are that you haven't had any true tomato goodness unless you grew some yourself. Why? The answer is about 20 percent science and 80 percent racism.
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- By Carlos Yu
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4 Nightmare Apocalypses Humanity Forgot Were Possible
This article will validate all of your seemingly irrational fears about Mother Nature's wrath.
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- By Luke John Smith
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6 Ways Life Gets Complicated When Disease Overruns Your Town
Back in 2002, SARS appeared in China and the world went nuts. We talked to Tyler, a kid living literally down the street from where the disease first popped up.
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- By Anonymous, Ryan Menezes
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The Monopoly Guy Never Had A Monocle: 4 Lies We All Believe
Our collective memory of pop culture is all a sham.
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- By Stephan Roget
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7 WTF Acts Of Madness Committed By History's Worst Dictators
They say that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but they rarely mention that it also gives you some really freaking bizarre hobbies.
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- By Kelly Stone
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5 Coincidences That Made The Modern World
The world as you know it only exists because of a series of staggering, unintuitive, or downright stupid coincidences.
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- By Kian Lastman
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You’ll Never Look At Your Body The Same Way Again
Never tell us 'It's what's on the inside that counts' again.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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8 Unbelievably WTF Photos Of Famous Places In The Past
A lot of famous landmarks have a certain period in their past where they looked more like a cannibal nightclub than something you'd put on a postcard.
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- By Justin Crockett
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Uhh, Modern Medicine ... You OK?
These medical practices seem right in line with what you'd see stumbling through the wrong door at the Umbrella Corporation.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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21 Myths Everyone Believes About The Human Body
It turns out repeating false scientific facts over and over again does not qualify you as a scientist.
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- By AM Smiley
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