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    Real-Life Heroes Who Are Actually Pretty Terrible People

    It's so nice when a real-life hero emerges. Having someone stand up for what's right and true is great. But people are complex and layered and no one is perfect. These real-life heroes made big waves in the world, but later came out as terrible people.

    By Kathy Benjamin September 7th, 2018 Read More
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    Dumb Things In Star Wars: The Last Jedi Everyone Just Ignored

    Star Wars is confusing, somehow most hated by the people who most love it. That all came to a head in 2017 with Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi. Episode VIII broke a lot of new ground and was quite a romp of a movie. That made it easy to ignore these dumb things in The Last Jedi.

    By Tom Meisfjord September 7th, 2018 Read More
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    Fake Archaeological Finds That Nearly Changed History

    Lots of kids have dreamed of being archaeologist​s. Maybe becauuse of Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider, but nothing seemed cooler than digging up the mysteries of the past. But sometimes a prankster gets in the mix. Here are some of the biggest archaeological hoaxes that would have changed history.

    By Nicholas Conley August 20th, 2018 Read More
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    Messed Up Things In The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution is widely remembered as a time of great innovation. New inventions changed the course of history, but at a high price — lots of people died during the Industrial Revolution. And many deaths were avoidable. Here are messed up things from the Industrial Revolution.

    By Becki Robins August 10th, 2018 Read More
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    Facts About Typhoid Mary The Average Person Doesn't Know

    Mary Mallon should have lived the American dream. But when this chef found typhoid outbreaks following everywhere she went, Typhoid Mary's life changed forever. Here are facts most people don't know about Typhoid Mary, a much-maligned character from early 1900s New York.

    By Kathy Benjamin August 9th, 2018 Read More
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    Lives Destroyed By Star Wars

    The Star Wars franchise is unlike anything else in pop culture history. While you can't deny just how massive Star Wars has been, it's not all sunshine and Ewoks. Star Wars has had plenty of negative effects on people. Here are lives destroyed by Star Wars.

    By Ian Fortey August 1st, 2018 Read More
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    The Most Expensive Search And Rescue Missions Ever

    If you ever get lost, it would feel good to know people are ready to mount a search and rescue mission. But what do these search and rescue missions cost? They can be massive, expensive undertakings. Here are some of history's most expensive search and rescue missions.

    By Ian Fortey July 11th, 2018 Read More
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    The Messed Up Lives Of Famous Animals

    To be a famous animal too often means a lifetime of bad things happening to you. Sadly, whether it's Flipper or Willy the whale, Mister Ed or J. Fred Muggs, making it in Hollywood is just about the worst thing that ever happened to these famous animals.

    By Brian Steele July 9th, 2018 Read More
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    The Freaky Truth About Sigmund Freud

    During the early 1900s Sigmund Freud began rattling off ideas that rattled the public. He also pushed notions about the subconscious and told people to take drugs. Today many people dismiss Sigmund Freud as a creep who pulled nonsense out of his associations. But here's the truth about Freud.

    By A. C. Grimes June 27th, 2018 Read More
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    Most Idiotic Things The FBI Has Ever Done

    The FBI exists to help protect the people of the United States. But the FBI has made some big mistakes in its time. Amazingly, all the FBI's power doesn't help people stop being idiots. Sometimes these screw-ups just make the FBI look dumb, but other times they affect innocent people's lives.

    By Kathy Benjamin June 19th, 2018 Read More
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    Messed Up Things That Happened During The Space Race

    While the space race certainly led to some amazing discoveries and while getting a man on the Moon is incredible, what happened behind the scenes was more like a messed-up Star Trek episode. Nationalism ran high, pettiness was rampant, and at someone even wanted to nuke the Moon. Pretty messed up.

    By Nicholas Conley June 14th, 2018 Read More
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    Messed Up Things In Mary Poppins Everyone Just Ignored

    Mary Poppins is one of the most beloved movies of all time, and the movie literally ends with people positively giddy about flying their kites. And yet, there are a number of dark, creepy, and weird things about Mary Poppins that only older, or at least more cynical viewers, will pick up on.

    By Brian Boone May 10th, 2018 Read More
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    False Things About Cuba That Americans Believe

    For decades, Americans have wondered what Cuba is like –- how it looks, how it smells, whether its swanky cigars cause exquisite lung cancer. But political and economic alienation have kept it an alien nation. Misconceptions have enveloped Cuba like a thick mist. Here's the real story.

    By A. C. Grimes April 25th, 2018 Read More

  • Famous Songs With Dark Historical Meanings

    A little bit of tragedy goes a long way. While life's more terrible events might not seem like the best place to launch a creative endeavor, pain can provide great inspiration for artists and musicians. Hidden beneath the soaring guitars of your favorite songs, you can find a fair amount of information about historical events both large and small.

    By Collin David April 20th, 2018 Read More

  • Famous Directors Who Escaped Death

    It's hard to imagine a world without our favorite movies, but if life had been crueler, their directors would've been pushing up daisies way before their time.

    By Nolan Moore April 17th, 2018 Read More
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