Humanity has come a long way since the times of the ancient Romans. We’ve created technological marvels beyond their wildest imaginations, brought the world together in incomprehensible ways, and even left the planet and gone to the moon. But in some ways, we’re still the same people. For instance, we’re still just as obsessed with …
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Unless you work in finance, banking and economics aren’t probably the most thrilling subjects. They’re important, sure, but most people can’t really get into them unless something goes terribly wrong. And boy, oh boy, has something gone wrong. In fact, a U.S. judge described this case as “one of the biggest blunders in banking history.” …
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The latest craze in healthcare seems to be setting up GoFundMe pages just so people can pay their doctors. It’s a sorry state of affairs that such donation drives are needed in the first place, but at least they help people. Unfortunately, wherever there’s money, there will always be unscrupulous characters looking to make an …
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If you were to murder someone, how would you cover your tracks? Should you be devious and immoral enough, you might try assuming your victim’s identity and picking up their life where they left off. Nobody would ever suspect that the person is missing if people kept getting, say, text messages from them. Right? Well, …
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Real estate is officially out of control. Again. The pre-2008 real estate market was insane (before the crash), where banks were giving away seven-figure properties with 0 down. And there’s the craziness now, where the average home in some cities costs over ten times the average income. For whatever reason, capitalism decided that the ability …
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Florida Man is at it again! This time, unlucky in love. A story just in time for all your Valentine’s Day cynics. This time Florida Man had a bevy of aliases, all used to pursue women. Multiples names allowed him to get pretty serious with at least two women, to where he asked one to …
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Have you ever wanted to be someone you’re not? Even if you don’t, we all have some parts of our personalities that we could stand to improve. Now, a new kind of a smartphone has shown that it is indeed possible to change for the better as a person. And you can do it pretty …
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Yesterday we covered the story of a guitarist turning his dead uncle’s remains into an instrument. We’re continuing in more or less the same vein today, but this time we’re exploiting a living human body. Turning a person into a battery sounds like something out of The Matrix movies. If you haven’t seen them, in …
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Heavy metal is no stranger to the macabre. Horror, the occult, blood, gore, mutilated corpses, and hell and all its minions are mainstays in both the lyrics and imagery of practically every hard rocking band. Usually the onslaught of terror stays in the realm of fantasy. Most heavy metal groups use fake props to create …
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As you no doubt know, poop comes in all shapes and sizes. Without going into the filthy details, it’s easy to identify animals by their droppings, and you could probably even tell some people apart from their leavings. But among all the strangely shaped poops in the world, one must inevitably stand above the rest. …
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