Amanda Mannen
A Short Strange History Of The Real Skulls Used In 'Hamlet'
The most important takeaway here is that Jude Law has a skull guy.
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There's A 'Pete Best' Of The Spice Girls (And It Got Catty)
She made Posh Spice swear.
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An Ancient Pope Put His Predecessor's Dead Body on Trial (Literally)
It's not unprecedented to put a dead person on trial, but it's pretty rare that the dead person actually appears in court.
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Urban Legend Of 'Poisoned Halloween Candy' Actually Happened (With Christmas Candy)
Back then, food and drug regulation consisted of little more than, 'But did you die?'
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TBS Cut Off The Ending Of 'Jingle All the Way' (Good.)
If it’s a choice between sacrificing the moral of the story and taking a hard left into Looney Tunes territory, light that pyre up.
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Arsonists Have Burning Down a Swedish Town's Yule Goat (For Over 50 Years)
Don't ask.
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The Article That Mainstreamed (And Whitened) Disco Was Made Up
Marginalized groups just never get to have fun.
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The Bizarre, Occasionally Criminal History of Christmas Caroling
It was more like trick-or-treating for Jesus.
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The Bizarre 'Surveillance State' Outrage Over ... Elf On The Shelf
Yes, really.
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Bible's 'Plague of Frogs' May Have Been Just One Giant Frog
It's not like it'd be the weirdest thing in there.
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You've Been Lied To: Sugar Plums And Plum Pudding Contain No Plums
Plums have weaseled their way into a completely undeserved festive reputation, and it’s time to call those suckers out.
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When Victorians Frowned On 'Merry Christmas': The Original 'War On Christmas'
It was decided that wishing others a 'Happy Christmas' was more Christ-like or at least less thirst-like.
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You Have An Ugly, Noisy Radiator Because Of Pandemic
It dates back to a time when people were reeeeally close to figuring out what causes disease.
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Danishes: The Bastard Mistake Pastry No Country Wants to Claim
France shuffled away to buy a pack of cigarettes, and that’s when labor disputes got involved.
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Victorian Christmas Cards Were Pure Merry Madness
Sending someone a Christmas card didn’t say 'Hope you get a lot of gifts and ham,' it said 'Look at this hilarious dead frog.'
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Lululemon's New 'Home Gym' is Straight Out of '1984'
Inside just about every work of dystopian fiction lurks something similar to what you can get at Lululemon right now.
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Alice Roosevelt Was Possibly Cooler Than Her Dad
It may very well have been Alice's lifelong fight for her dad's attention that led her to become a complete badass.
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Why Christmas Llamas Are a Thing: Death and Puns
What on Earth do llamas have to do with Christmas?
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The Forty Elephants: The Victorian-Era Bling Ring
What good is a bustle if you can't use it to hide ill-gotten gains?
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The Most Hated Star On 'Game Of Thrones' Set? The Cat.
They couldn't even give us this.
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