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5 Baffling Discoveries That Prove History Books Are Wrong

Cracked.com | Posted 06.20.2012 | Weird News
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A generation of students found out the hard way that archaeology isn't anywhere near as much fun as Indiana Jones made it look. Still, experts in ...

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Why Was Ben Franklin's Basement Full Of Bodies?

Mental Floss | Posted 04.16.2012 | Weird News
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While working on the renovation of Benjamin Franklin's London home, a construction worker found something odd: a small pit in a windowless basement ro...

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George Washington McNugget Bidder Chickens Out On $8,100 Win

AP | Posted 03.09.2012 | Weird News
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DAKOTA CITY, Neb. -- McWashington needs a new home. The top bidder for a McNugget that resembles President George Washington has chickened out of the...

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Chicken McNugget Shaped Like George Washington Sells For $8,100

AP | Posted 05.05.2012 | Weird News
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DAKOTA CITY, Neb. — Call it McWashington. A Nebraska woman has sold a three-year-old McDonald's Chicken McNugget that resembles President Georg...

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VOTE: Does This Chicken Nugget Look Like George Washington?

Posted 02.23.2012 | Weird News
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For just a few hundred dollars, this bite of history can be yours. An Iowa woman is auctioning off a McDonald's chicken nugget -- which she claims ...

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Hitler's Joy of Sex: Nazi Leader Reportedly Gave Blow-Up Dolls To Soldiers

Tara Kelly | Posted 04.17.2012 | Weird News
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The French resistance and Allied bombers weren't the only threats that Hitler's Nazi soldiers faced in Paris during World War II. Turns out syphilis -...

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Largest Find Of Roman Excrement Could Reveal Secrets Of Ancient Life

BBC.co.uk | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News
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Archaeologists have been discovering how Romans lived 2,000 years ago, by studying what they left behind in their sewers. A team of experts has been s...

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