Science & History
12 Scientific Explanations For Why the Food We Eat Tastes the Way it Does
Spicy food feels hot because of a dumb biological accident.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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12 Myths We Believe About Historical Beefs
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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Stuff That Can’t Happen in Antarctica, But Still Happened There
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 Facts About Time That Threw Us For An (Infinite) Loop
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
So You’re Unhappy: Have You Tried Being More of a Psychopath?
You don’t necessarily need to kill anyone, you just need to have a little less empathy
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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Statues That Were Just Too Sexy
These statues aren’t the only thing rock hard right now
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Robots Are Proof Kids Are Better People
No one treats Alexa better than a four-year-old
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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Eat the Overly-Hydrated Rich: The Pool Owners Behind the Water Crisis
The One Percent take up nearly 100 percent of our H2O
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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4 People Who Couldn’t Take A Hint
If at first you don’t succeed, make something an unhealthy, lifelong obsession
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- By Eli Yudin
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12 Amazing Accomplishments And Works Of Art Done in Record Time
It took all of 25 days to film Memento.
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- By JhallComics, Andrea Meno
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Being a Slacker at Work Pays Off
It makes it impossible for management to exploit you for free labor like they do so-called model employees
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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Men Are Weaker at Lifting... Babies
Can you bench a seven-pound infant, bro?
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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The Pioneering 18th Century Chess Robot That Was Just a Dude Hiding in a Box
The ‘Mechanical Turk’ blew minds. It was taken around Europe and America, presented as a sophisticated automaton that could beat almost anyone at chess — including Benjamin Franklin. Crowds flocked to see this technological marvel, a machine that could outwit the strongest of human minds. But it wasn’t nearly as ingenious as it seemed
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- By Mike Rampton
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13 Old-School Vacations, Hobbies and Pastimes That Would Be Illegal Today
Nuclear explosion watching used to be a thing.
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- By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
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5 Medieval Weapons That Would Make a 21st Century Softboi Shriek
Beheading actually sounds pretty good, comparatively
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- By Eli Yudin
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