Science & History
The Most Irrational Thing the World’s Most Logical Thinker Ever Did
Kurt Gödel was by any metric a genius — a mathematician, logician and philosopher who reshaped the world of mathematics as we know it, coming up with theorems that heavily influenced computing and machine learning. But later in life, all of that fearsome logic went right out the window
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- By Mike Rampton
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5 Historical Events That Happened Out of Order
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- By Eli Yudin
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15 Modern Hobbies And Pastimes That Are Way Older Than We Knew
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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Hard Nipples Break Our Brains
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Actually, Neanderthals Were Quite Bougie
A new study reveals that their diets leaned much more modern foodie than barbaric
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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The Fears and Phobias of Five Historical Tough Guys
Nothing could consistently knock out Muhammad Ali quite like airplanes
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Misunderstandings We Got Thanks to Explorers Being Dumbasses
Hey, maybe ask a couple quick follow-ups about the place. That can clear a lot up
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Parts Of The Human Body Science Succeeded In Growing In A Lab
Scientists are growing dongs in a lab.
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- By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
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15 Centuries-Old Companies From Around The World That Are Still In Operation
How old? The youngest company here was founded in 1074!
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- By JhallComics, Jay Wells L'Ecuyer
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The Nutty Case of the Haunted Scrotum
One of modern science’s most famous nutsacks is an incredible example of pareidolia, or seeing a face where there is no face at all — in this case, the MRI of a 45-year-old man’s ballbag
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- By Mike Rampton
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5 Disgusting Relics the Catholic Church Could Probably Chill Out With
Being a saint seems pretty cool except that it almost always means they’re putting your foot in a jar when you die
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- By Eli Yudin
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Freshwater Snails and Four Other Surprisingly Murderous Animals
Oh no, not the meerkat!
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Real-Life Supervillains Brought To Justice In A Movie-Style Capture
Steve Bannon was intercepted on his yacht by the Coast Guard and arrested.
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- By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
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5 Laws Covering Things That Are Currently Impossible
The moon will forever be a nuke-free zone
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- By Eli Yudin
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The Search for Dr. Condom, Birth-Control Pioneer
The word ‘condom’ doesn’t really linguistically mean anything or make any sense. One theory is that Charles II had a physician, Dr. Condom, who prescribed him cloth models when he couldn’t stop having illegitimate children. But that story is probably fake. Dr. Condom, where are you?
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- By Mike Rampton
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