
Amanda Mannen
Movie Differences: Elle Woods In The 'Legally Blonde' Book Is A Monster
Rare case where the movie is clearly better than the book.
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Movie Lies: Titanic Designers Didn’t Cut the Number of Lifeboats For Looks
They actually had more lifeboats than they were legally required to carry.
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Why Big Bird Looks Different in Different Countries' 'Sesame Street'
Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier just to dub the existing episodes in different languages? Probably, but it wouldn't be better.
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Inventor of Modern Condoms' Family Battle To Get Their Factory Back
Fromm was forced by the Nazis to sell his business at a fraction of its value because Fromm was Jewish and Nazis are evil.
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The Eyebrow-Arching Tale Of The 'Q' Of 2000, John Titor
Turns out that posting on wild claim on Internet forums of inside knowledge of society inner working and future events and actually being believed isn't new.
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Victorian-era England Fought Public Peeing With ... Architecture?
The wonders of geometry, everyone.
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Uh ... Is 'Game of Thrones' is Just Feudal 'Gone With the Wind?'
'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a dragon.'
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One of the World's Most Prolific Serial Killers Was ... A Yugoslavian Grannie
It’s a real shame that her trial took place before the advent of television.
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Why Old People Love Using Ellipses
They learned to write under an entirely different set of circumstances back in the day.
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Everyone Wants to Take Credit For Hitler's Dumb Mustache
It was controversial way before it became associated with the ultimate evil.
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Kubrick's Rejected Monolith Became A Monument For The Queen
Dunnnn ... duuuunnnnn ... dun-duuuunnnnnn!
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How Being A Stan Can Wreck Your Self-Esteem
We learned nothing from Dido and Eminem.
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Sorry, The Oval Office 'Diet Coke Button' Predates Trump By Decades
It has a long and mostly uncarbonated history.
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The Bonkers 'Bridget Jones' Sequel That Killed Colin Firth
Is this the elderly Bridget Jones anyone wanted?
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How Trent Reznor Became The Alternative John Williams
You might think you haven’t listened to Trent Reznor’s music since 1999, but if you’ve seen Disney’s latest offering, you have.
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The Halifax Slasher, The Blood-Thirsty Public Menace ... Who Didn't Exist
Plot twist: There never was a Halifax Slasher.
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Why A TV Show Ending Can Hurt Like A Breakup
It turns out they won't always be there for you.
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5 Surreal News Stories You Might've Missed
It’s understandable if you haven’t really noticed anything going on in the world that doesn’t concern its very survival, politically or literally.
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We Did It, Everyone: We Found A Dinosaur Butthole
And now we know way more about them than we ever wanted to.
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You're More Likely to Believe Misinformation In Image Form
We will never lie about James Woods getting freaky, with a robot, in photo form.
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