Category: HISTORY

March 7, 2023 at 8:33 am

Here’s How Interstates Are Numbered And The Logic Behind It

Here's How Interstates Are Numbered And The Logic Behind It

If there are one or two, the highway connects several regions

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February 27, 2023 at 4:31 am

15 People Share Things That Were Once Respected and Now Are Total Jokes

15 People Share Things That Were Once Respected and Now Are Total Jokes

Regardless of their confirmation bias, everyone thinks they are an expert…

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February 24, 2023 at 10:13 pm

13 People Share What Used to Be Cool but Is Now Cringeworthy

13 People Share What Used to Be Cool but Is Now Cringeworthy

“Visors worn side ways”

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February 21, 2023 at 2:31 am

17 People Muse On What Historic Event They Would Go Back And Witness If They Could

17 People Muse On What Historic Event They Would Go Back And Witness If They Could

“I’d love to witness the day Cortez first stepped foot in Tenochtitlan.”

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February 10, 2023 at 10:38 pm

What True Things Do People Think Are Made Up? Here’s What People Had to Say.

What True Things Do People Think Are Made Up? Here’s What People Had to Say.

“Anne Frank, Martin Luther King, and Barbara Walters were all born in the same year, 1929.”

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February 7, 2023 at 4:40 pm

15 People Whose Dire Warnings Really Should Have Been Heeded

15 People Whose Dire Warnings Really Should Have Been Heeded

H G Wells said he wanted his epitaph to be “I told you so. You damned fools!”

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February 3, 2023 at 10:27 pm

The Curious Origins Of The Word “Y’all”

The Curious Origins Of The Word "Y'all"

I feel like, due to the issues people have with using “you guys” and “my dudes” to address a mixed-gender group, “y’all” is having a renaissance. If you think you know where it came from (presumably the American South), though, you just might be surprised at its actual origins. Which is good, because at a…

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February 2, 2023 at 5:24 pm

What Can We Learn From The World’s Largest Family Tree? Take A Look!

What Can We Learn From The World's Largest Family Tree? Take A Look!

“They had to use data from eight different human genome databases to create their network of around 27 million ancestors”

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January 26, 2023 at 1:44 am

No One Expected To Find Giant Mummified Crocodiles In Egyptian Tombs In Such Good Shape

No One Expected To Find Giant Mummified Crocodiles In Egyptian Tombs In Such Good Shape

These look like they’re almost alive!

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January 26, 2023 at 1:13 am

12 People Discuss Myths That Continue to Be Passed Down Through the Generations

12 People Discuss Myths That Continue to Be Passed Down Through the Generations

“The most bizarre one is putting a glass on someone’s head upside down to see if they have the “Evil Eye 🧿” on them.”

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