This Mysterious Ancient Roman Artifact Still Baffles Archaeologists To This Day
Even though the Romans are one of the best-known ancient cultures, there is still a lot we don't know about them or the objects they left behind.
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The Universal Donor Blood Type Myth That's Been Debunked By Science
At some point in our education, most of us learned that type O negative blood was considered the universal donor type, but it's not that simple.
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Archaeologists Confirmed Ancient Romans Were Using Gladiator Blood For Something You'd Never Expect
Despite being the foundation of the modern West, the Romans had some pretty wacky ideas, and what they did with gladiator blood was one of them.
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Scientists Explored The World's Oldest Cave. They Didn't Expect What Happened Next
For over a century scientists thought they understood the mineral composition of the Jenolan Caves, that is until they decided to take a closer look.
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In The '60s, The US Detonated A Nuke In An Underground Salt Bed. They Didn't Expect What Happened Next
In the 1960s the US was experimenting with nuclear weapons and decided to blow one up in a salt mine to make an underground lake of salt. Seriously.
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This 'Useless' Body Part Was Lost To Evolution. Now It's Becoming Even More Common
The human body is filled with vestigial artifacts from our deep past, and every now and then one of them rises from the ashes of evolution.
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How Archaeologists Can Tell The Difference Between Dirt And Ancient Poop
Archaeologists spend a lot of time digging in the dirt and often come across old poop, but how do they know it's human poop and not a clump of dirt?
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Scientists Left Artificial Structures 100 Meters Deep In The Ocean For 10 Years. Here's What They Found
Underwater ecosystems are quite the fascinating thing, even growing around artificial structures left there by humans, filling them with life.
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The Popular Fart Myth That's Easily Debunked By Science
From brain-dead challenges to just plain brainrot, the internet is teeming with tomfoolery, but some viral internet fads are uniquely imbecilic.
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Democrats Vs. Republicans: Scientists Explain What Brain Scans Revealed
If you engage in political discourse, it may feel like the other side is just built different, and according to brain scans, that might be true.
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The 'Useless' Organ That's More Important To Women's Health Than Doctors Thought
There are a fair number of organs in the body that are labeled useless, but there's one in women's bodies that might have a function after all.
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Scientists Say This Body Part Could Be An Indicator Of Human Brain Evolution
The hallmarks of evolution can be found everywhere you look in the body, but you might be surprised where you'll find an indicator of brain evolution.
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The Misleading Booger Myth That's Been Debunked By Science
While boogers can potentially tell you something about your health, they're not a perfect diagnostic tool, and this myth is a good example of that.
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In The '70s, The US Military Detonated A Nuke Underground. They Didn't Expect What Happened Next.
In the decades after their invention, the US has conducted hundreds of tests of nuclear weapons, and those tests don't always go according to plan.
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Not Medicine, Not Exercise: Scientists Say This Simple Change Could Slow Brain Aging
Although the benefits of medicine and exercise are well established, there are other things you could be doing to improve how your brain ages.
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Scientists Sealed Princeton Students In Total Darkness For 4 Days. They Didn't Expect What Happened Next
Humans have done some wacky stuff for science, including sensory deprivation experiments on college students just to see what would happen to them.
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The Common Sweat Myth That's Been Debunked By Science
Even though it can be kind of gross, sweating is an essential function of the human body, but you shouldn't believe everything you hear about it.
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A Detector Nearly A Mile Underground Recorded One Particle Interaction. Scientists Still Can't Explain It
There are sensors around the world deep underground looking for a trace of dark matter. One sensor got a hit, but we still don't know what it is.
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In The '50s, The US Military Secretly Detonated Nukes In The Atmosphere. They Didn't Expect What Happened Next.
During the Cold War, scientists had some strange ideas about what to do with radiation, but sending a nuke into the atmosphere didn't have the expected effect.
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What Is Lewy Body Dementia, The Disease That Claimed Patrick Stewart And Robin Williams?
There's more than one kind of neurodegenerative disease, and this form of dementia, often comorbid with Alzheimer's, is one scientists are trying to research.
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Scientists Unearthed A Bizarre 166-Million-Year-Old Fossil In Wyoming That's The First Of Its Kind
When you go fossil hunting, there's the chance that you'll uncover something that's never been seen before, at least not for over 100 million years.
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The Blood Type That Could Increase Your Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes can be a debilitating condition, and in addition to genetic and lifestyle factors, your blood type can actually influence your risk.
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Archaeologists Tested The Longest Human Poop In The World. What They Found Was Stomach-Churning
Archaeology isn't always about bones and dinosaurs, sometimes it's about ancient turds and the unsettling discoveries that you find within them.
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This 1970s Military Field Device Revolutionized Modern Medicine
The military was the origin of a number of different technologies that are now common in everyday life, including this life-saving medical device.
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Scientists Had Volunteers Go 7 Days Without Food. They Didn't Expect What Happened After Day 3
Many of us have made do without food for a while, but few of us have done so for 7 days. If we had we might have noticed some changes in our body.
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In The '40s, The US Military Detonated A Nuke Underwater. They Didn't Expect What Happened Next.
In the 1940s, we didn't know a lot about nuclear weapons, so in order to study them we would just detonate them and record what happened. Science!
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The Blood Type Health Myth That's Been Debunked By Science
ABO blood types have some relation to medical conditions, but they've also been tied to this health fad, which might not be as helpful as it's made out to be.
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