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We’re so used to pop culture providing stories of ragtag bands of brothers with lowest-bidder equipment overcoming vast legions with sophisticated weaponry…
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10 Surprising Products Made By Your Favorite Companies, Including The Samsung Machine Gun
by Johan Tobiasby Johan TobiasWould you believe it if a random person told you that Samsung manufactured machine guns? Or that Volkswagen makes sausages, Toyota sells…
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Feces is the new gold—at least in archaeology. Not only does ancient scat contain 10 times more DNA than bones, it reveals…
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In an age of seemingly endless wars where nations can no longer even way when they’ve achieved objectives, let alone satisfying victories,…
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