Science & History
The 6 Worst Attempts at Damage Control in Political Scandals
Embattled politicians will either fess up and resign, or deny and fight charges levelled against them. Some politicians, however, choose a different course.
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- By Steve Keller
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7 Species That Got Screwed Over by Mother Nature
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- By Al and Bruce Paton
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The 5 Most Embarrassing Architectural Failures Ever
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- By Xavier Jackson
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The 5 Craziest War Stories (All Happened on the Same Ship)
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- By Xavier Jackson
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
7 Horrifying Historical Origins of Famous Corporate Logos
Nobody holds the copyright on ancient myths. So why make up a new name for your company when you can just call it Trojan? A word of advice, though. Before you go sticking a mythological figure on your logo, take a few minutes to look up its story. Otherwise you get some downright hilarious unintentional results.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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6 Surprisingly Advanced Ways Animals Use Medicine
We humans think we're so smart. Sure, animals are good for a laugh or two, but if one of them gets sick, who's going to take care of it? Either it's some sympathetic human or nobody. It's not like animals have doctors and medicine. Right?
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- By Dagmar Baer
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6 Real Planets That Put Science Fiction to Shame
As space exploration advances and we start to learn what's really on the surface of those distant worlds, it becomes increasingly clear that our imagination has no chance of competing with the jaw-dropping, pants-peeing craziness outer space is capable of cooking up.
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- By Nick Dobkin
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7 Theories on Time That Would Make Doc Brown's Head Explode
There are a few things in this world that we can always rely on as constants: The sun will always rise and time will inevitably march forward. Except that the sun doesn't rise and time ... well, time is tricky, too.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
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6 Counterintuitive Tricks to Beating Popular Game Shows
Deal or No Deal went to great lengths to hide the fact there was a simple equation behind the whole thing.
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- By Matt Culkin, Michael Voll
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7 Reasons Ants Will Inherit the Earth
When the empires of men finally fall and the memory of our hubris has faded to dust, ants will still be here, running shit.
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- By Monte Richard
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6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers: Update
We've all dreamed of having superpowers at some point (today), and these are the rare cases where people actually got them.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Kier Harris
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5 Reasons Rats Are Way Scarier Than You Think
Rats are kind of creepy and gross, but they're not all that bad, right? Wrong.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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8 Humans Whose Eating Habits Would Make a Goat Puke
Lots of people have their own personal diet plans, and nutritionists don't always agree on which one is best. Nutritionists do agree that everything on this list is a bad idea.
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- By Pauli Poisuo, Elliot Crossan , Karl Smallwood
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5 Lost Photos That Could Have Changed History
There are amazing accomplishments, conspiracy theories and outlandish claims that are all supposedly out there waiting to be proven true ... if only we could find the pictures.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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5 Seemingly Innocent Ways You've Screwed The World Today
Maybe you hippies are on to something -- a huge chunk of the damage we're doing to the world is due to things you probably didn't even know you were doing.
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- By Robert Evans, Budd Erickson
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