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6 Famous Explorers Who Shaped The World (With Insane Lies)
Contrary to what NASA tells you, simply being the first white guy to walk on something does not earn you a free ride. No, the real rewards only come if you can whip the masses up into an orgiastic frenzy of greed. Like these guys.
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- By Andrew Dunham
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7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 People Who Changed the World From Inside of Prison
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- By Bronzulton Q
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6 Historic Acts of Revenge That Put 'Kill Bill' to Shame
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Terrible Ideas That Science Says Will Save the Planet
Plans to save the planet straight from the scientists at 'Futurama' University.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Economic Collapses More Ridiculous Than This One
History is full of economic idiocy, and here are five economic collapses that make 2010 feel like the Renaissance.
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- By Matthew Hayden
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6 Soldiers Who Survived Shit That Would Kill a Terminator
The next time grandpa starts talking about how far he had to walk in the snow to school, tell him about these badasses.
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- By Paul K Pickett
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5 Reasons The Founding Fathers Were Kind Of Dicks
Today's teabaggers are douchebags, sure. But they didn't have anything on our Founding Fathers.
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- By Lola C.
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6 Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened: Update
Look, if you dig deep enough everything is an amazing coincidence. But even cynics like us have to admit these are downright freaky.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 6 Most Badass Robots (Invented Before Electricity)
You might think that robots are strictly a 20th century invention, but you'd be sorely mistaken: At the same time that the human race thought stomach aches were just tiny, enchanted dwarfs casting hunger spells, a few brilliant souls (possibly aliens) were actually building full functional robots.
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- By Christian Ames
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6 Human Character Flaws (That Saved the Species)
It turns out that all of our bad habits came about for a reason, and in order to become nature's biggest winners, we first had to act like pretty big losers.
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- By Nathan Birch
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The 5 Most Widely Believed WWII Facts (That Are Bullshit)
Roosevelt DIDN'T kill the dinosaurs? Weird.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Shockingly Evil Things Babies Are Capable Of
Why, you little shit.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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9 Inventions that Prove Leonardo da Vinci Was a Supervillain
We're positive that the Mona Lisa shoots lasers, also.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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Reminder: 7 Real World Heists That Put 'Ocean's 11' to Shame
Danny Ocean might have had some big plans in his movies, but he can't hold a candle to some of history's more daring real-life thieves.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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