The Government Used To Fund The Search For Bigfoot
$8,000 for a 2-day expedition? *facepalm* Breathe easy, libertarians. New Mexico has finally come to its senses by introducing a bill that would protect government moolah from going to half-baked…
Can Tinfoil Hats Keep The Government From Reading Your Mind?
photo: ‘Signs’/design: Antonio Manaligod for Dose In ‘Signs,’ they prevented alien telepathy. But what about the NSA? Our Movie Mythbusters series answers the age-old question, “Okay, but could that actually happen in…
This Nonbinary Lesbian Ruled the Harlem Renaissance
Ines Vuckovic/Dose She did it in coattails and a top hat. Our Unsung Heroes series brings history’s unknown badasses out of the footnotes and into the spotlight. Try being black, female…
It Took Decades To Decode This Tombstone
Two dead wives, one mysterious crossword. Mac Armstrong/Flickr What do you do if your wives keep dying on you? Devise a near-uncrackable code to print on their joint tombstone, of…
A Handy Guide To Death By Masturbation
aspoonfulofsuga Common side effects include paleness, pimples and paralysis. Here’s the truth of hands in the pants: It doesn’t just make you go blind — it kills you dead. Or so preacheth the…
The Homeless Man Who Helped Win WWII
Ines Vuckovic/Dose Thanks to some help from James Bond. Seriously. Our Unsung Heroes series brings history’s unknown badasses out of the footnotes and into the spotlight. Those sneaky Brits. Seems…
The Strange, True Story Of The Guy Who Played Godzilla 12 Times
Sweating in a 220-pound suit. Miikka Skaffari/Getty Connery played Bond six times. Tom Baker was The Doctor for seven years. Hell, Dan Castellaneta has been voicing Homer Simpson for nearly…
The Catholic Church Made Freaky Statues To Teach People About Sex
Okay, they were meant to teach anatomy. But they were VERY sexy. Eighteenth-century Europe was no picnic. Science was in its infancy, and medical expertise — when available — was often incomplete or outright wrong….
Can You Tell Someone’s Gay Just By Looking At Them?
Research suggests ‘gay face’ is real; life suggests you still might be an a*shole. An Atlantic article published in April reminds us that science still hasn’t pinned down the exact cause(s)…
Is Walter White Really A Chemistry Genius?
Antonio Manaligod/Dose Fact-checking the science behind ‘Breaking Bad’s’ most memorable poisonings and explosions. Our Movie Mythbusters series answers the age-old question, “Okay, but could that actually happen in real life?” After…
