Science & History
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)
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- By Cedric Voets
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The True Adventures Of Bill Hitler, Hitler's Idiot Nephew
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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6 Modern Armies Who Seriously Tried To Win Wars Using Magic
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
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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Huge Real-World Consequences Of Thinking Vaginas Are Icky
Men's colossal failure to understand the female anatomy bleeds into many aspects of our supposedly modern world.
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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
You don't have to be a hardcore vegan or vegetarian to be unnerved that there are dead animal bits in this stuff.
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- By Kelly Stone
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6 Unbelievable Tales Of Nazi Defectors You Never Knew About
Support for the Nazis within Germany was far from universal, and at least a few would end up fighting like crazy to wreck the Nazi war machine from the inside.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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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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