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A lot of great thinkers are warning that if humans are to survive as a species we are going to have to find another planet to live on. Terraforming, o...
With billions of dollars raised, Kickstarter has singled itself out as the go-to site for creative crowdfunding. But not without some controversy alon...
Throughout the history of the world, there have been many cases of what is known as collective hysteria - groups of people, usually young women, who a...
The Enlightenment stands as the moment the West withdrew from superstition and found its faith in reason. Did it shift too far? Learn about this massi...
For a while in the 1980s, people were fascinated and confused about what exactly crop circles were. Now we know that they aren't signs left from alien...
What was originally designed to encourage innovation by rewarding the people who create technological advances, the U.S. patent system has become a bi...
The first limousines weren't even cars! Learn all about the history of limousines, how they're made and some of the most creative and expensive amenit...
The world's energy consumption is ruining the planet but for decades physicists have been working on what could solve the world's energy and climate c...
Get ready to be creeped out and join Chuck and Josh as they read you with two spooky classic horror stories, The Striding Place and The Pale Man in th...
Ever since the Egyptians, humans have been evolving toward haunted house attractions. The level of sophistication in the scares and gore effects conti...
The strange disease of fatal familial insomnia was first recorded in the 18th century. Its victims lose their ability to sleep, slip into coma and die...
The wild kingdom is filled with examples of animals that can camouflage themselves into their environment, but the means and the methods are also wild...
Scientists believe that 99% of the estimated 50 billion species that have ever lived on Earth have disappeared through extinction. This is a natural p...
In 1963, 15 men got together in England to pull off one of the most daring heists in history. The Great Train Robbery was the crime of the century, ca...
Viruses are big jerks that invade regular cells and hold them hostage, making you sick while they're doing it. Learn everything you ever needed to kno...
Back in the 1920s, skywriting was invented to communicate with troops, but it quickly found its footing as a popular way for companies to advertise. L...
Karate, meaning "open" and "hand", was developed in Okinawa before being exported to Japan and then the rest of the world. It is one of the most widel...
Almost three percent of Americans suffer from a debilitating disorder that causes them to suffer intense fear seemingly without reason and science has...
Rogue waves come out of nowhere and tower as much as 100 feet over hapless ships they encounter, breaking across the boat and frequently breaking the...
