Science & History
The 5 Scariest Things About Life as a Human Test Subject
Human medical test subject is in that category of jobs that kind of seems like free money. Free, horrifying money
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- By Sara Ohlms, Mary Johnson
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The 5 Most Horrifyingly Bad Mothers in the Animal Kingdom
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Reasons Being Left-Handed Screws You for Life
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- By T. Z. Keiser
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The 5 Ballsiest Casino Cheats of All Time
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- By Benjamin Buso
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Mind-Blowing Animal Infestations Straight Out of the Bible
Every once in a while, a completely innocuous animal will look at our quaint neighborhoods and civilized lives and say, 'Oh, that's way better. Let's go live there.'
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- By Erik Germ
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The 6 Most Brutal Infections You Could Have Right Now
These infections would be considered too gross for a Cronenberg movie.
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- By Alex Kendziorski
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5 Ridiculous Origins of Famous Urban Legends
We don't expect our craziest urban legends to exist for good reasons, but we do at least expect their origins to be mysterious. If you can just point to the guy who made up the crazy story in the first place, what are we doing here?
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- By Pauli Poisuo, M. Asher Cantrell
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6 Tiny Mistakes That Almost Ended the World
For those of us who grew up in the '80s and '90s, it's difficult to fully understand just how close to annihilation we actually came in the 20th century.
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- By Chris J.
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5 Gender Stereotypes That Used To Be the Exact Opposite
If society has taught us one thing, it's that it becomes way too easy to claim that all sexual and gender stereotypes date back to the early days of human evolution.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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5 Baffling Discoveries That Prove History Books Are Wrong
A generation of students found out the hard way that archaeology isn't anywhere near as much fun as Indiana Jones made it look. Still, experts in the field do have their exciting, and even shocking, days at the office.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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The 7 Greatest Pieces of Trash Talk in the History of War
In situations where every day literally could be your last, sometimes an impecable wit is enough to get you through.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Great Scientists Who Believed Wildly Unscientific Things
Plenty of brilliant people have done crazy things in the service of the scientific method. What's harder to figure out are the famously brilliant scientists who went above and beyond to proudly wave two middle fingers in the face of reason.
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- By Howard L.
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The 5 Most Impossible Sniper Shots Ever Made
Shooting from such a long range incurs a wide array of difficulties, leading to situations where making a successful shot is, by all logic and reason, impossible. It is in these situations where the best snipers sniff, wipe the sweat from their eyes and make the shot anyway.
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- By Xavier Jackson, James Benoist
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5 Hallmarks of Bad Parenting That Are Actually Good for Kids
Kids who grew up in the '90s couldn't leave the house without a speech on stranger danger and an extra dose of Flintstones vitamins. But it turns out there are some things that lazy/negligent parents kind of got right.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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7 Random Things You Won't Believe Are Shortening Your Life
Apparently, real longevity indicators are things you probably wouldn't guess in a hundred years (even if you managed to live that long).
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- By Michael Corvinus
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