Science & History

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

Published

April 23, 2017

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

Published

April 23, 2017

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

Published

April 22, 2017

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

Published

April 20, 2017

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

Published

April 18, 2017

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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

Published

April 18, 2017

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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April 17, 2017

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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April 16, 2017

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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April 16, 2017

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

Published

April 12, 2017

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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April 07, 2017