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Gabriel Green explained that “I’m running for president because I was asked to do so by emissaries from outer space.”
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An exploding corpse, a 45-minute car chase, and a horse-related mishap that led to a century-long royal tradition. In this episode of The List Show, host Justin Dodd covers funerals gone wrong.
It was once socially acceptable for an unhappily married wife to stone her husband to death while he hid in a hole.
From animal glands to radioactive water, these odd anti-aging cures involved more scheme than science.
A bear walking on its hind legs and sporting baggy skin has led to a wild theory.
Trillions of neutrinos zoom through you every second. Here's what you should know about these mysterious, nearly mass-less subatomic particles.
It's like if you crossed a shark with a xenomorph.
Many people report fearing clusters of holes. If you're one of them, this post is for you. But don't say we didn't warn you.
It involves one man’s obsession with Peter Pan, the Emily Brontë novel ‘Wuthering Heights,’ and Meat Loaf.
If you guessed someone would suggest ‘Gritty Sitty,’ you are absolutely right.
The late film critic had an open mind, but one 2010 film caused him to throw in the towel.
You may think you detest the word ‘moist’ because of the way it sounds, but research indicates that that’s not the full story.
From prehistoric animals that lived much closer to us temporally than you might realize to the guillotine lasting way beyond the French Revolution, these facts are to mess with your perception of time.
Is a hot dog a sandwich? What about a burrito? It depends on whom you ask—and what state you live in.
In 2018, a mysterious stranger left roughly 20 vintage television sets at random doorsteps in Virginia. Then they struck again.
In the Middle Ages, stealing a book was more like stealing someone’s car today. Now, we have car alarms; then, they had chains, chests … and curses.
Whether an entire town can’t stop dancing or people suddenly start worrying about minor marks on their windshields, these seemingly unbelievable events have had some surprising (and sometimes devastating) effects.
Before home pregnancy tests, the most reliable test was just to wait and see. But people still wanted to know as early as possible whether they were harboring a tiny human.
The pulp magazine, which turns 100 this year, inspired Stephen King and made a star out of Conan.
Myth, hoax, or Mother Nature's freak accident? Here's the story of nearly every rat king ever discovered.
We can’t promise you’ll ever feel the same way about pasta, pools, or your own face.
Is there beaver butt in your vanilla ice cream?
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History tells us that Napoleon’s most upsetting defeat came at Waterloo. But it may have actually occurred eight years earlier, after the French emperor was attacked by a relentless horde of rabbits.
From raw beef for wrinkle prevention to cleaning paintings with potatoes, here are some of the most memorable life hacks from days of yore.