The History Of Sewage Is Stinkin' Impressive
We may barely give a thought to our toilet waste post-flush, but the history behind the marvels of modern sewers is long, complicated, and just a little gross.
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The Real Story Behind Ed & Lorraine Warren's Smurl Haunting Investigation
Ed and Lorraine Warren are two of the most famous paranormal investigators in history, and their work eventually took them to the house of Jack and Janet Smurl.
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Unconfirmed UFO Sightings That Set Social Media On Fire
Unconfirmed UFO, or what are now called UAP sightings, have always captured our imaginations. These sightings caught on video caused a big stir social media.
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What Vintage Sci-Fi Imagined 2025 Would Look Like
The year 2000 and beyond were often the settings for sci-fi stories from decades ago. A few even imagined the year 2025 specifically. Let's compare, shall we?
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Terrifying Stories From Inside America's National Parks
America's national parks are full of beauty and wonder, but they've also played host to murders, disappearances, horrifying accidents, and chilling encounters.
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Times Howard Stern Went Too Far Off Air
Howard Stern, the self-proclaimed "King of all Media" rose to fame as a shock-jock in the late '80s and '90s, but sometimes he's gone too far, even off the air.
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Why Immortality Is Closer Than You Think
The idea of immortality has always been fantastical, but as scientific and technological research expands, aging and death may become something we can control.
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These WWII Weapons Were Total Disasters
In the more desperate times of war, the Allied and Axis forces looked to create unique weapons to give them an advantage, but not all of them worked out.
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Ancient Treasure That People First Mistook For Boring Junk
Many ancient treasures go unfound, lost to time or some other destructive event. Others are discovered by average people in places you wouldn't expect.
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Creepy (But Good) Ways AI Is Changing The Future Of Medicine
Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine began with the data digitization of the 1970s, and it's shifted the field in many ways — some pretty unsettling.
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The Most Outrageous Ways People Have Tried To Smuggle Animals Through Airports
Sometimes, airport security will discover something bizarre, such as animals someone is trying to smuggle into a country — sometimes in even stranger places.
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Why Were So Many Royal Families Inbred?
In the U.S, inbred families are usually stereotyped as poor and uneducated, but royal families, who are neither, did plenty of inbreeding. Here's why.
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Mankind's Attempts To Achieve Immortality Are Downright Wild
Throughout the years, mankind has sought to find a way to defy the natural order, searching for the key to immortality — with mostly awful results.
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Inside The Prison Lives Of Modern-Day Killers
These killers had their atrocities splashed all over the media, but now they're safely behind prison bars, their lives are considerably more mundane.
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The German WWII Superweapon That Launched America's Space Program
After World War II, German scientist Wernher von Braun went from developing Nazi superweapons to spearheading NASA's Saturn program.
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The State With The Most Civil War Battles In History
U.S. Civil War battles and skirmishes took place in several states, but one of the original 13 colonies became the state where the most battles occurred.
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The Revolutionary Invention That Became A Global Curse
This invention changed life as we know it and made countless modern conveniences possible, but the cost is higher than its creators could have dreamed.
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The Most Bizarre Things Presidents Have Ever Said
From oddball one-liners to jaw-dropping gaffes, here are some of the strangest, funniest, and most baffling things U.S. presidents have ever said.
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Directors Who Are Really Weird People
We all probably know that certain painters, composers, and musicians are pretty odd, but there are also directors who can be just as eccentric.
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What Horrible Things Would Happen To The Earth If There Was No Moon
The moon is something we take for granted, expecting it to come into view each night. But if the Earth lost its moon, the results would be catastrophic.
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Zombies Are Real... In The Animal World
The idea of people being infected by fungus and becoming zombies in "Last of Us" isn't so far fetched. In the animal world, fungus and parasites can do that.
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Odd Things About Stevie Nicks And Lindsey Buckingham's Reunion That Don't Add Up
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac fame have had an infamously rocky relationship for decades, so a proposed reunion seems baffling to some.
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What's Going On With Colorado's 'Frankenstein' Rabbits? Fact Is Weirder Than Fiction
Wild rabbits around Fort Collins, Colorado, are being called "Frankenstein" rabbits due to the tentacle like growths on their face. Science has an explanation.
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Chilling Human-AI Chatbot Interactions That Went Horribly Wrong
From divorces to hospitalizations and even death, there are a growing number of stories of human-AI chatbot interactions that have gone sideways.
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Inside The Biggest White House Scandals Of All Time
For hundreds of years, the White House has seen more than its fair share of political and personal intrigue, along with some major, high-profile scandals.
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Musicians Who Claimed Spine-Chilling Paranormal Encounters
Musicians collect a lot of wild stories, but stars like Adele and Kendrick Lamar have claimed paranormal encounters from haunted homes to ghostly visits.
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Inside One Of The World's Most Elite Kill Teams
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Matt Rife Is The Annabelle Doll's New Guardian. These Are The Terrifying Reasons He Might Regret It
Comedian Matt Rife has been tearing up the comedy world, and now he's the new guardian of the infamous Annabelle doll — for better or for worse.
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'80s Musicians Who Were Actually Horrible People
Boy George, Billy Joel, and other '80s legends ruled the charts, but behind the scenes, their behavior ran the gamut from personal betrayals to violent crimes.
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TV Shows Historians Absolutely Hate
Humanity's rich and dramatic history often provides fertile ground for TV. Yet the creative license taken in those shows often leaves historians fuming.
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