A History Of The World In Clickbait Headlines

You Won't Believe How Accurate And Illuminating It Is

Including 9 Questions About Napoleon You Were Too Ashamed To Ask (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Before They Were Stars

One Big Explosion That Changed History

Seven Continents You’ll Never Guess Were Originally One Big Landmass

This Drawing Of An Elk That One Man Made In A Cave Will Shock And Move You

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10 Things Guaranteed To Make Your God Cringe

This Man’s Law Code Was So Severe They Named A New Word After Him

15 Reasons Rome Doesn’t Need To Be A Republic Any Longer

60 Conspirators Who Stabbed Julius Caesar (#1 Blew His Mind)

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Caesar Augustus Yet Again Proves Why He’s The Emperor Of Everything

Why You See The Earth As Flat But These Heretics Don’t

One Man’s Neat Trick To Get Rid Of Your Flat Earth (The Catholic Church HATES Hnapoleoim)

95 Reasons We Can’t Even With The Catholic Church Right Now

This Man Thought He Was Going to India. What He Found Next Will Astonish You.

He Got Married Six Times, But Divorced Only Two Of His Wives. How He Did It Will Shock You!

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Johannes Gutenberg Develops Incredible New App

This Tax On Stamps Will Change The Way You See Your King

Why This Man’s Signature Is Blowing Up

13 Colonies That Aren’t Part Of England Any Longer

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin’s Shocking New Method For Losing Ten Pounds In One Second (Aristocrats Hate Him)

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9 Questions About Napoleon You Were Too Ashamed To Ask

This Amazing Proclamation Will Change What The War Is All About

15 Things That Take Longer Than The Gettysburg Address

Two Bicycle Repairmen in Kitty Hawk Will Change The Way You Think About Travel

Watch An Austrian Archduke Get The Surprise Of His Life

Can You Spot The Difference Between These Two Photos Of The Front Lines, Taken Four Years Apart? Neither Could Our Editors!

14 Points That Will End War In Our Time

This Man’s Weird Idea About Time Is Changing Physics As We Know It

99 Stocks You Should Definitely Sell Right Now

This Art School Reject Is Changing The World, One Country At A Time

This Isn’t Your Average Trip To A French Beach

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This Fat Man and Little Boy Dropped Out Of A Plane. Now They’re Blowing Up

Six Russian Dogs Who Have Been To Space

When These Men Stepped Inside This Capsule, They Were In Houston. You’ll Never Guess Where They Stepped Out.

Don’t Watch This Footage If You Love Alive JFK

Dads React To The Breakup Of The Beatles

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This Man Has Been Recording Himself Every Day For Years. Who He Is Will Shock You.

You’ll Never Believe What A Great Place For Sharing Clickbait Someone Just Invented

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