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17 Ancient Abandoned Websites That Still Work

The golden age of dial-up is over, but these Internet fossils will make you feel like it’s 1996 all over again.

5 Things Built in Places You Wouldn't Expect

Typically, when one needs to have a building constructed, they’ll put it in a spot that makes sense. These people apparently didn't get the memo.

8 Movies and the Lawsuits That Plagued Them

They might make you see your favorite movies in a different light.

5 Statues That Say "Screw You"

A Michigan strip club owner made international headlines in 2013 when he bought the house next door to his ex-wife and installed an enormous bronze statue of a hand flipping the bird at her bathroom window.

15 Famous Actors Who Voiced Video Game Characters

It’s not uncommon to come across a familiar voice while playing a video game. Here are a few actors who have lent their voices to CG characters.

Sex Parties, Scandal, and Booze: 5 Naughty Princesses

No one over the age of Disney really believes that being a princess is really all it's cracked up to be.

13 Fascinating Facts About Bees

Sure, you know that bees pollinate our crops and give us honey. But there's so much more to these buzzing insects than that.

10 Facts About Poison

This weekend, New York City’s American Museum of Natural History opens its latest exhibit, The Power of Poison. We went to a preview of the exhibit; here are just a few things we learned.

8 Tech Companies That Turned Down Huge Buyouts

This week Snapchat founders Evan Spiegel, 23, and Bobby Murphy, 25, made headlines by rejecting a reported $3 billion offer from Facebook. Will they regret it?

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13 Classic Children's Books That Started as Bedtime Stories

Before classic tales like 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and 'The BFG' ended up on your kid's shelf, they were told to children tucked in bed.

15 Delightfully Odd Historical Fads

GEICO’s delightful customer service would have been wildly popular in any era. Luckily these weird fads are all stuck in the past.

15 Delightful Dog Breeds’ Original Jobs

It’s tough to be as exciting as a cuddly pooch, but GEICO’s delightful customer service comes close. Here are the original roles for 15 breeds of pup.

15 Actors Who Played Different Roles on the Same Show

Eagle-eyed viewers of primetime television know that even the grittiest cop dramas and silliest sitcoms aren’t immune to recycling the casting director’s favorite actors.

Pull up this list when you find yourself short of words.

15 Wonderful Words for Delightful Experiences

Some situations are just too perfect for words, but these bits of lovely lingo will shorten that list ever so slightly.

15 Beautiful Objects We Don’t Use Anymore

Some of these beauties were left behind by improved technology or changing fashions. All are exquisite samples of the culture they existed in.

15 -Philes and What They Love

Love is patient. Love is kind. And often, love is denoted by the Greek root -phile.

15 Ambitious Plans to Colonize the Moon

Back in 1638, clergyman John Wilkins wrote an entire science fiction book devoted to the prospect of a lunar voyage. Since Wilkins’ radical proposal, many others have followed in his footsteps by dreaming of ways we could live on the moon.

15 Strange and Awesome Cookbooks

Beyond Julia Child, Anthony Bourdain and even Alton Brown exists a culinary world limited only by human imagination and gag reflex. Here we explore some lesser known but very intriguing cookbooks.

8 Video Game Hoaxes, Debunked

Sometimes gamers are so desperate for mysteries to unlock that they’re willing to just believe about anything to find them.

11 International TV Adaptations

These television shows were so popular that they got adapted for new countries and cultures.

The 10 Most Expensive Coins and Banknotes in the World

Sometimes, thanks to rarity, historical happenstance, or minting or printing errors, our cash is worth more than its face value. Occasionally, a lot more.

11 Remarkably Cool Squids

Sometimes, evolution has a field day. Invertebrates don’t come much wilder than squids, yet most people have only ever heard of the “giant” variety. So strap on a scuba tank, and let’s take a look at eleven equally-amazing cephalopods you might not know a

11 Things You Didn't Know About Chip Engineering

Not the micro kind that are running your computer but the potato, corn, and tortilla kind whose crumbs are all over your keyboard.

11 Actors You Might Not Realize Do Commercial Voiceovers

These celebrities have stepped up to the mic to record a few moments of words on fancy cars, cozy restaurants, and even toilet paper.

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