“Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.” —Chuck Palahniuk

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One of the many languages that had spiced up the English language is Indian. In fact, some of these Indian words have become so much part of the language that it is quite easy for us to forget their Indian origin.

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Our heads sometimes need a little help and that calls for a hat. Looking for the top ten hats required a sense of style, a sense of history and sense of popularity. While most of the hats on the list aren’t in fashion today, they are all unmistakable in their design.

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Memorial Day is more than just a three-day weekend and a chance to get the year’s first sunburn. Here’s a handy 10-pack of facts to give the holiday some perspective.

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Historians tell us there was a time before the internet and, while we of course don’t believe them, we thought it might be interesting to see what websites would look like in this strange, awful time before the internet. We asked you to Photoshop some of them, and the winning entry is below. But first, the runners-up:

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From political organizations to college frats, these groups require their members to conceal their activities — and sometimes even their identities — from the public. Go behind closed doors as we examine the world’s top 10 secret societies.

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Over the course of human history, a small sect of men have defied “conventional wisdom,” living life on their own terms, with booze on their breath and good times always on the horizon. We refer to these men as gentlemen, and we raise our mid-afternoon highballs in honor of these courageous characters.

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But while most of us spent our childhoods staring at cartoons over bowls of sugary breakfast cereal, some kids were more focused on things like composing symphonies, performing surgery or getting nominated for the Nobel Prize. Here are some child prodigies who, to put it mildly, make us look like worthless turds.

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From the most prolific countries in the world, unique, memorable and with a lot of history behind, these are the twelve picks that will help you decide if humans are as good at honoring peace, as they did with wars.

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Throughout history, quotes of famous people are often misrepresented. […] This is a list of ten of the most well known quotes that are, in fact, misquotes.

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