Science & History
5 Ordinary Things Made Historic Via Publicity Stunts
Many of the things we consider iconic elements of our culture began as cheap grabs for attention.
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- By Orrin R. K.
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Dirty Little Secrets Hiding In Famous Companies' Past
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- By AM Smiley
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5 Times Comics Were Eerily Right About The Future
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- By Eamon Lahiri
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7 Reasons Dying Was Embarrassing As Hell In Olden Times
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Famous People Who Blatantly Lied (And Barely Paid For It)
If you're good at lying, the world is an all-you-can-eat buffet respect, fame, and riches.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Nathan Kamal, Rachel P.
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5 Mathematical Strategies For Dominating Popular Games
Good news: The world is full of experts researching ways to ruthlessly gain every possible advantage in even the most light-hearted of games.
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- By Federico Cruz
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6 Healthy Habits With Huge Downsides (Nobody Talks About)
Sorry to tell you, but bunch of your new 'healthy' habits are B.S.
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- By Mark Hill
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12 Uncanny Instances Of Simultaneous Invention
Who says lightning doesn't strike twice?
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Frightening New Drugs (You've Never Heard Of)
Since the dawn of time, mankind has endeavored to keep finding new ways to get totally housed. So let's see the latest innovations our often short-lived drug pioneers have come up with.
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- By Cedric Voets
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The True Adventures Of Bill Hitler, Hitler's Idiot Nephew
In a quirky twist of fate, the Universe saddled the goose-stepping genocidal maniac with a slimy, opportunistic, clingy black sheep to ruin his Christmases.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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6 Modern Armies Who Seriously Tried To Win Wars Using Magic
Plenty of modern armies have dipped their toes into the decidedly unscientific field of pseudoscience so they could just magic away their enemies.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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5 Official-Sounding Measurements That Are Complete BS
We put so much faith in numbers that we don't bother to look too closely at where they come from.
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- By Nathan Kamal, Greg Tuff, Andrea Meno
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7 Giant Crazy Real Things That Look Straight Sci Fi, Son
Some Sciences are Scienced up from bizarre, fantastical landscapes.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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5 Historical Plot Twists That Seem Too Crazy To Be Real
History is full of tales that would be considered examples of hack writing, if the author wasn't "reality."
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- By Stephan Roget
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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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