Bizarre Things People Dug Up In Their Backyard
Few people want to go through all the bother of digging up a backyard, but these people got more than they bargained for when they dug up these weird things.
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How 'Flammable Ice' Might Lead To Alien Life Discovery
For that reason, astrobiologists spend most of their time examining the most extreme environments here on Earth in an effort to extrapolate potential habitats in the universe beyond. One such environment was recently uncovered in a new study of a substance known as "flammable ice".
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The Tragic 1997 Death Of John Denver
John Denver was an Air Force brat, named Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., the son of an extremely accomplished career pilot. Here's how he died.
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Active Ingredient In Viagra Causes Men To See Blue
Even the most joyous drug can come with side effects, and Viagra is no exception. The "more common" problems include nosebleeds, nausea, vomiting, and a runny nose, and an erection that lasts way too long. 2020 saw an even freakier addition to the list: "intensely blue-colored vision."
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Bumblebee Decline Points To 'Mass Extinction', Study Says
Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying, "If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years to live." A new study says signs are pointing to a bee extinction.
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Seeds From Biblical Times Planted To Revive Extinct Species
In news that will have Jeff Goldblum just livid, scientists at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel have resurrected a group of long-dead plants using seeds uncovered at three archaeological sites in the Judean desert. And yeah, these things are incredibly old.
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Warren Earp: The Truth About Wyatt Earp's Brother
Warren Earp is probably best remembered as "Warren who?" Compared to other celebrated Wild West gunfighters like his older brother Wyatt Earp, Warren sounds like a minor historical footnote. But he had an exciting life ... and death. Here's the truth about Wyatt Earp's brother, Warren Earp.
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The Accident That May Have Made Henry VIII A Tyrant
In many ways, Henry VIII was a messed up guy who did messed up things. But was he always like that? Did he jump out of the womb as a spring-loaded ball of supervillainy, or did something happen to make him the oddball tyrant we all know and ... know?
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Virgil Earp: The Truth About Wyatt Earp's Brother
Most everybody knows Wyatt Earp. If you're old enough, or if you're a fan of TV reruns from the 1950s, you remember him as brave, courageous, and bold. Just as interesting, and maybe more so, is the story of Wyatt's older brother, Virgil.
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Scientist Gets Brain Implant To Cure His Alcoholism
A scientist underwent an experimental procedure called deep brain stimulation in which a pair of holes "about the size of a nickel" were bored into the top of his skull and two electrodes were implanted in his brain. Here's what happened.
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How Long Can You Live Without Water?
Water is literally the elixir of life. Every living thing known to man needs water to continue living. But the amount each creature needs on a regular basis can vary dramatically. But what about the only one you're really worried about: humans? How long can you live without water?
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Does Willie Nelson Really Have A Black Belt?
The world of entertainment is full of amazing fighters with black belt-level martial arts skills to spare: Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and ... Willie Nelson? Wait, that can't be right.
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The Most Obedient Dog Breed In The World
If you own a dog you're probably putting in the work trying to figure out which breed of pup is the most easily manipulatable, so as to train your new hellhound to carry out your orders. Or, at the very least, you'd like one that house trains easily. This is the most obedient dog breed in the world.
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The Truth About William Wallace's Death
As the (super inaccurate) William Wallace of 1995's Braveheart put it, "They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom." It's a battle cry for the ages, only slightly hamstrung by the fact that, in real life, they did take his freedom, and, a few weeks later, his life. It was rough.
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What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Hand Sanitizer?
Before you grab that Purell bottle and start pumping your way to chemical bliss, you should know that drinking hand sanitizer isn’t exactly a whole lot of fun, and yeah, it can really mess up your body.
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What Happened To Lizzie Borden's Sister?
We have it on good authority that Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her father forty whacks. According to our sources, when she saw what she had done, she hacked up her mom pretty good as well. But what about her sister?
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Here's How Much Money LeBron James Has Made In The Last Decade
NBA players are some of the highest paid athletes in the world, and among them, few are higher paid than LeBron James. But just how much has he made?
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The Truth About Hemophilia In The Royal Family
Why is a blood affliction associated with the British monarchy? If anything was going to be called "the royal disease," shouldn't it have been crippling shopoholism or narcissistic personality disorder? Turns out, we can blame Queen Victoria.
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How Long Can You Live Without Food?
Some people don't eat in protest, and others just don't have food to eat. But just how long can a body endure without food?
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Past Predictions About The Future That Were Way, Way Off
Since before the days of Nostradamus, people tried to predict the ways of our successors. Sometimes, we were startlingly accurate. Other times? Not so much.
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The Untold Truth Of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia features some of the bleakest, strangest comedy on TV. How did a show this weird and wild come to be?
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The Tragic Final Days Of Doc Holliday
John Henry "Doc" Holliday. Even people who don't like westerns seem to like Tombstone, and even people who don't like Val Kilmer (which is hard to believe) seem to like the former Batman's portrayal of Doc Holliday. Here's how he spent his final, tragic days.
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The Most Embarrassing Blunders In Presidential History
Presidents and vice presidents have been involved in hilarious blunders throughout American history.
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Insane MTV Shows You Forgot About
Old-school MTV wasn't just about the music videos. Our MTV just had way fewer pregnant teens and sexy werewolves.
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The Untold Truth Of Captain Jack Sparrow
The history of one of cinema's bravest/campiest pirates is stranger than you might think. There are a lot of odd twists and turns in this swashbuckler's saga.
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Most Hilarious Obituaries Of All Time
For the majority of us, death is a sad event that ushers in months of mourning. Others, however, take a more lighthearted approach to the inevitable.
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The Dumbest Movie Explosions Ever
These dumb movies have explosions that make no sense and were thrown together at the last minute on underfunded sets.
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