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Ridiculous History: The Curse of the Colonel

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Colonel Sanders has been the bane of one baseball team for more than 30 years, and it has nothing to do with chicken. Learn more at HowStuffWorks Now.

Neanderthals Were Actually Prehistoric Picassos

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New research shows that homo sapiens weren't the first folks to decorate their caves with artwork. Neanderthals actually did it thousands of years earlier.

All Mouth, No Anus: Microscopic Organism Could Be Oldest Human Ancestor

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Primitive deuterostome fossils show a precursor to all vertebrates, including humans. Learn about deuterostomes in this HowStuffWorks Now article.

Teaching Typing May Be a Waste of Time

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The results of a new study on typing has researchers wondering whether to teach it at all. HowStuffWorks Now typed up the results.

Gender-specific Bathrooms Are a Relatively Recent Invention

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What's the history of gender-specific bathrooms? Learn more in this HowStuffWorks Now article.

What Does It Mean to 'Take It With a Grain of Salt'?

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Take it with a grain of salt means to be skeptical about something. But where does the phrase come from?

The Phrase 'Riding Shotgun' Came Way After the West Was Won

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The phrase seems like it might have come about during the Wild West. But it actually took a detour through Hollywood.

Why Do We Say We're 'In a Pickle'?

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Ever found yourself in a pickle and wondered, "Hey, why the heck do we call it a pickle?" Let's see if we can swim through the brine and find out.

Malarkey: What's the Story Behind Joe Biden's Favorite Word?

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President-elect Joe Biden has pretty much made 'malarkey' a household word, so we thought we'd do some research into its origin story.

Ancient Egyptian Pregnancy Test Survived Millennia Because It Worked

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A strange, but surprisingly accurate, ancient Egyptian pregnancy test survived for millennia and was spread around Africa and Europe because it was just that effective.

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