Science & History
5 Reasons Rats Are Way Scarier Than You Think
Rats are kind of creepy and gross, but they're not all that bad, right? Wrong.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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8 Humans Whose Eating Habits Would Make a Goat Puke
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- By Pauli Poisuo, Elliot Crossan , Karl Smallwood
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5 Lost Photos That Could Have Changed History
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- By Evan V. Symon
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5 Seemingly Innocent Ways You've Screwed The World Today
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- By Robert Evans, Budd Erickson
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Famous People Who Succeeded Long After They Should've Quit
If you haven't found your calling by, say, age 30, it's pretty much hopeless, right? If you were going to make it, you'd have made it by now. Well ... maybe not.
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- By Simon Dufresne, Dyl Moore
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6 Myths Everyone Believes about Space (Thanks to Movies)
Yep, it's not enough for space to make us feel small -- it needs to make us feel stupid, too.
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- By Jesse Clark, Pete Griffin
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5 Creepy Forms of Mind Control You're Exposed to Daily
We know what you're thinking: You're far too cynical to fall for the ads you fast forward through on your DVR or the little tricks employed by marketers and politicians to push your subconscious buttons. But are you sure?
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- By Dennis Hong
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The 6 Weirdest Ways Wild Animals Are Having to Adapt to Us
Humanity's only effect on the animal kingdom isn't just pure destruction; in fact, sometimes our ecological footprint looks more like a clown shoe.
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- By Karl Smallwood
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6 Scientific Discoveries That Laugh in the Face of Physics
There exist special occasions where the universe up and does a magic trick that seems to be designed by an unjust, all-powerful entity dedicated to making scientists ask, 'What in the hell?'
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- By T. Joseph Lahucik
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5 Mundane Objects That Saved Important Lives
We could play the 'What if?' game all day, but you don't need a killer imagination to see how little, insignificant details have changed everything.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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6 Realities of Teleportation Star Trek Didn't Warn Us About
how far away are we from transporters? Well, it turns out that there are a few complications ...
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- By Nathan R. Carlsen
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6 Small Math Errors That Caused Huge Disasters
If there are any children reading this, there's really only one thing we want to tell you about adulthood: If you make one tiny mistake, people will die.
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- By Chris Radomile
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The 9 Most Badass Last Words Ever Uttered: Part 2
Hopefully history will remember us for our sick burns and ballsy braggadocio, even if it forgets everything else. It worked for these folks..
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- By Ian Cheesman, Dustin Koski
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5 Absurd Solutions to Huge Problems (That Actually Worked)
Who among us hasn't been asked by a teacher or a boss to think outside the box? It's all well and good when you're looking at a word problem on a Denny's application, not so much when you're staring down a problem with lives on the line.
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- By Adam Wears, Mohammed Shariff
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7 Bizarre Easter Eggs Hidden in Great Works of Art
We tend to think of classic art as being all dignified and serious, if perhaps a little stuffy. But that's only because we're not looking closely enough.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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