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The Stories Behind 10 Famous Product Placements

"Who's gonna turn down a Junior Mint? It's chocolate, it's peppermint, it's delicious!"

6 Baby Names You Probably Shouldn't Give Your Kid

Forget Apple and Pilot Inspektor. If you really want to give your kid a hard time growing up, just pick from the following

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10 Landmark Moments in Animation History

Animation continues to evolve in ways we probably never imagined. Now what are those big moments that have led to where we are today?

5 Creatures That May Not Exist, But Get Government Protection Anyway

Dave Shealy is founder of the world's only research center dedicated to the skunk-ape (the 7-foot tall, 450-pound apes that supposedly stroll through Florida reeking of rotten eggs). He's spent much of his life trudging through the Everglades looking for

8 Famous (Or Infamous) Fans Who Stood Out From The Crowd

Some of these not-so-secret admirers could sell their own jerseys in stadium stores. Some should be locked up. (And one is.)

8 Fairy Tales And Their Not-So-Happy Endings

You might think you know these classic fairy tales by heart, but some have darker origins—and endings—than you probably expect.

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7 of History's Most Terrifying Sports Riots

Spectator sports have a singular capacity to bring together disparate groups of people towards the common goal of cheering for a favorite team. However, this noble aim is occasionally forgotten by forty-thousand people collectively thinking, "Hey, I bet

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5 Famous Christmas Songs Written by Jewish Songwriters

Some of the most famous Christmas songs are actually written by people who don't even celebrate Christmas!

8 Nuclear Weapons the U.S. Has Lost

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5 Surprising Divinity School Dropouts

From Hollywood superstars to adulterous dilettantes, several seminary dropouts have managed to find success in the secular world. Here's a sampling of the finest in almost-clergy.

6 Famous Bastards Who Made Their Mark

Accusing someone of illegitimate birth has long been one of the greatest insults possible, so it's not at all surprising that some of history's greatest shoulder- mounted chips have been securely fastened to people with murky parentage. In fact, by the lo

15 Facts About the Nobel Prize

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5 Celebs Who Suffer from Aviophobia (and 1 who used to)

I used to love flying when I was a kid and even told people I wanted to be a pilot when I grew up. But something happened during college that seriously damaged my love of the skies: a friend's father took me up in his single-engine four-seat Cessna and wi