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6 Lies About the Body You Learned in Kindergarten: Classic

When we reach the age of two, we start to have a few questions about our bodies. At first they're simple. 'Will that toy fit into the wet hole in the middle of my face?' But as we mature, the questions become more complex and too numerous for any reasonable human being to answer. It's no coincidence that around this time, your parents ship you off

Authors: By Karl Smallwood, Eddie Rodriguez
Published: July 11, 2011
Comments: 2292

The 6 Most Disturbingly Evil Birds

Birds are the most majestic creatures on Earth -- we plaster them on our cars, flags and coins. You see them soaring up there, and think they're above all the petty savagery down here on the ground. Well, it turns out they're dicks.

Authors: By Monte Richard
Published: June 20, 2011
Comments: 701

5 Surprisingly Easy Ways to Make Kids Smarter

There are some surprisingly simple things you can do to help your Bieber-obsessed Twittering child actually learn something.

Authors: By Sam Sprinkle
Published: June 18, 2011
Comments: 832

6 Terrifying Predators Routinely Owned by Adorable Prey

Apparently, when creating the nastiest animals on Earth, Mother Nature decided that they were each going to have an embarrassingly adorable nemesis to regularly knock them down a few pegs.

Authors: By Tom Hohle
Published: June 12, 2011
Comments: 840

6 Tricks That Let You Control Animals Like The Beast Master

Evolution has afforded every animal in the world the tools perfectly designed for its survival, whether it be claws, venom, horns, or whatever it is that cockroaches have. But every once in a while evolution makes a mistake and leaves a totally useless trait in an entire species. That's bad news for them, but good news for us, as it can be amusing

Authors: By Kevin Forde
Published: June 06, 2011
Comments: 351

6 'Wuss' Behaviors That Were Once Badass Survival Instincts

You might not realize it, but some of the behaviors that get you swirlied today were survival strategies that kept you alive thousands of years ago.

Authors: By Kristi Harrison, Dennis Hong
Published: June 06, 2011
Comments: 825

6 Uneducated Amateurs Whose Genius Changed the World

Now, we're not telling you not to get an education -- everybody knows employers these days want a degree. But we'd be remiss if we didn't take a moment to celebrate some of the amazing achievements from people who had virtually no education at all.

Authors: By John Champion
Published: June 04, 2011
Comments: 551

7 Mind-Blowing Vehicles Built and Driven by Animals

We've already pointed out that animals are capable of building pretty impressive cities, but at least they're not driving around the streets in little beaver sedans and amassing armies of spider war-jets, right? Horribly, we're not too far from that reality, either.

Authors: By Jonathan Wojcik
Published: June 03, 2011
Comments: 373

6 Personality Quirks You Didn't Know Were Medical Conditions

Your weird quirks don't make you a quirky snowflake. They make you a medical textbook entry.

Authors: By Andrew Martin
Published: June 02, 2011
Comments: 1609

The Science Behind Stupidly Hot Peppers [CHART]

The Scoville hotness scale ain't got shit on us.

Authors: By John Larwood
Published: May 28, 2011
Comments: 486

The 5 Strangest Ways Your Mind Can Get Your Body Sick

The brain can fool the body into thinking it's sick, complete with physical symptoms. And we're not talking about bullshit symptoms like headaches, either.

Authors: By Eric Yosomono
Published: May 27, 2011
Comments: 477

7 Animals That Are Evolving Right Before Our Eyes

f you or someone you know refuses to believe that organisms change over time without proof on a monkey-man level, here are some animals in the middle of getting their evolve on.

Authors: By Kristi Harrison
Published: May 18, 2011
Comments: 1620

6 Intimate Details You Can Tell Just By Looking At Someone

Experts say you can tell a whole lot of intimate details about a person just by looking at them. It's not magic and it's not 100 percent. But it is science.