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5 Outdated Myths About Buying and Owning Electric Cars
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What's keeping you from making the leap from your gas-guzzling car to an electric vehicle? They're easier to buy and own than you think.
Meet the Zombie Ant Fungus That Inspired HBO's 'The Last of Us'
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The Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus makes a mockery of ant free will. But how does it take over the ant body to control its host?
National Bubble Wrap Day? Who Is Making Up These Weird Holidays?
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Love bubble wrap? There's a holiday for that. And just about everything else. But who's creating them and why?
How the Great Compromise Saved a Fledgling United States
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Without the Great Compromise, the U.S. might not have become a nation. The divisions between big and small states could have been too much to overcome.
Operation Midnight Climax: A CIA Sex, Drugs and Surveillance Program
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In a bizarre experiment during the Cold War, the CIA used prostitutes and bordellos to lure customers only to drug them with LSD. It was all designed to achieve mind control.
What Is the Fastest Animal in the World?
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There are a lot of contenders depending on how you slice it. We look at the fastest animals on land, sea and air.
Does Weather Mess With Your Internet Connection?
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It's raining and your internet went down. Again. Are the two connected?
La Pascualita: Bridal Shop Mannequin or Embalmed Corpse?
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La Pascualita stands silent and still in the window of a bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico. Many say she isn't plastic, but the embalmed corpse of the store's former owner.
Who Invented Chess?
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Like many things, chess wasn't invented by one person but rather several people. Here's a short history of chess.
8 Cheapest States to Live In
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If the costs in your home state are getting you down, it might be time to think about moving. We have a list of the U.S.A.'s eight cheapest states to live in.