
Alex Schmidt
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Why Fear-Based Democracies Aren't Free (with Jason Pargin)
Our goal shouldn't be life, liberty, and the pursuit of ALWAYS FREAKING OUT.
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- By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt
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5 Parts Of The U.S. Economy That Are Stranger Than You Think
Cash rules everything around you (and in the weirdest ways).
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- By Alex Schmidt
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9 Times Pop Culture Accidentally Taught People To Save Lives
Not all heroes wear capes. Many of them wear their Netflix Binge Sweatpants.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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9 Everyday Objects With Incredible Secret Powers
Regular stuff is saving the world.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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6 Brain-Stretching Calendar Systems You Never Knew Existed
Plus one insane calendar system you're using right now.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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Why The Holidays Are Secretly Crucial To Our Survival
Merry Christmas! Or merry any day when you can stop and notice your life!
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- By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt
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14 Villains & Monsters Created To Insult Real People
Some feuds reach an audience of millions, without anybody but two people knowing.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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9 Dumb & Embarrassing American Elections Nobody Talks About
Gain historical perspective that'll make 2020 tolerable.
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- By Adam Tod Brown, Alex Schmidt
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11 Bizarrely Elaborate Ways Real People Tried To Make Money
Some hustles are stranger than fiction (and horse-based).
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- By Alex Schmidt
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4 Sports Leagues Whose New Scandals Explain Modern America
Deadspin was a good website.
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- By Alex Schmidt, Dan Hopper
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11 Bizarre New Discoveries About The Human Body
You might be missing some muscles. On the plus side, you might have some new organs!
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- By Alex Schmidt
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11 Stupid Pop Culture Tropes You Always See About Women
Watch out fictional ladies: your number of boobs might be telegraphing your morality.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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9 Ridiculous Myths Everyone Believes About The Old West
Yee-ha! Giddyup! Westerns used to feature singing cowboys and Soviet uranium!
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- By Alex Schmidt
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15 Archaeological Discoveries Scarier Than Any Horror Movie
Happy Halloween! The past is terrifying! In the most astonishing way!
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- By Alex Schmidt, Jason Pargin
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The Surprising Elite Truth Behind America’s Political Divide
It's not populists versus elites. It's much weirder (and more Dilbert-driven).
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- By Alex Schmidt
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A Tour Through The World’s Secret Rooms (with John Hodgman)
Go everywhere from Yale's secret tombs to an even more secret celebrities-only Walgreens.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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How Britain Accidentally-On-Purpose Colonized The World
Who among us hasn't stepped out of the house, gotten absent-minded, and come back with a quarter of Earth's land?
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- By Alex Schmidt, Adam Wears
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14 Funny Strange Stories From The Lives Of Great Scientists
The Epic March Of Progress contains more alchemy, owl-eating, and drunk moose than you ever knew.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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12 Incredible Historical Artifacts That Somehow Still Exist
The past is a foreign country, and boy are its leftovers weird.
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How The CIA Quest For Mind Control Drove The World Insane
Sidney Gottlieb is a name you do not know. There are a million creepy reasons for that.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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