Celibacy Its Surprising Evolutionary Advantages
Why would someone join a group that forbade them from having children and mandated celibacy? After all, reproduction is at the very core of the…
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What Happened On the Death Cruise That Recovered Bodies from the Wreckage of the Titanic?
The CS Mackay-Bennett left Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1912 with the mission of retrieving corpses from the Titanic’s wreckage. Following the accident, the ship was…
Spooky 1,800-Year-Old Grave Marker Curses Anyone Who Enters
If there’s one thing you don’t want to discover in a grave you’ve just dug, it’s a bizarre and sinister inscription warning that anybody who…
Albert Einstein’s Advice to Marie Curie in 1911 Is Extremely Relevant Today
Marie Skodowska-Curie was weeks away from receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in November 1911. She won her first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903,…
Hercules’ Missing Marble Head Found On 2,000-Year-Old Antikythera Shipwreck
A treasure trove of items has been uncovered at the site of a renowned historic shipwreck just off the rugged coast of Greece. A marble…
Milk and Two Spiders Study Finds Your Tea Is Swimming In Dead Bug DNA
Over 1,000 bugs’ genetic ghosts have been discovered in tea samples, showing that your daily cup of tea contains a lot of “diversi-tea.” After learning…
Ancient Roman Dick Pic Reveals 1,700-Year-Old Grudge Carved Into Stone
An irritated Roman soldier whipped out his carving knife and fashioned an antique dick image around 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists have unearthed the odd traces…
Why Did People Start Eating Egyptian Mummies?
Why did individuals believe that cannibalism was beneficial to their health? The answer reveals some of European history’s strangest nooks, at a period when Europeans…
How to Get Into Y Combinator, According To YC’s Dalton Caldwell
Batches in the Combinator are becoming bigger and bigger. Its initial batch, which was released in 2005, included only a few firms; this time, there…
Boys Should Have Mandatory Vasectomies to Lower Abortion Rates, Oklahoma Rep Suggests
While a slew of US states has begun to enact harsh anti-abortion legislation, Oklahoma has taken the lead by enacting a law that prohibits abortions…
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