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  • Historical Issue

    Scientists Finish Figuring Out Which Berries Kill You

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 26, 2023

    The scientists who have compiled this list have not publicly revealed their methods, but an inside source claims it was done through a highly advanced scientific process known as “trial and error.”

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  • Historical Issue

    Ye Olde Book Review: The Bible- 7/10, Needs Work

    Andre Dang and 1 more / April 26, 2023

    Ultimately, we found that the story is fairly unrealistic, with a deeply unrelatable protagonist “God” isolating the audience from the other characters, which we ultimately come to know and love.

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  • Historical Issue

    Top 20 Men In Your Village Who Aren’t Your Brother

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 25, 2023

    #13 will shock and impress you!

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  • Historical Issue

    Meet the Local Cow Named Least Likely to Burn Down City

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 25, 2023

    When reached for comment, O’Leary stated that she was “mighty proud of Betsy” and, now that the cow was newly certified not to be fire-prone, would reward her with a toasty gas lamp…

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  • Historical Issue

    Man Shouts Fire in Crowded Library of Alexandria

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 24, 2023

    Last Thursday, shortly after the sundial struck VIII, a fire reportedly broke out in the geometry section of the Library of Alexandria, where a crowd had gathered to watch famed geometer Eratosthenes Pedantos’…

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  • Historical Issue

    Jackass Runs 26.2 Miles, Demands Medal

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 23, 2023

    After running this distance and relaying his message, that narcissist Pheidippides reportedly demanded a medallion of pure gold, eyewitnesses reported.

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  • Historical Issue

    Analyst Who Predicted Eight of the Last Ten Plagues Predicts Another

    / February 6, 2019

    Ahmenhatek VIII, a diviner and analyst from north of Memphis, is renowned across the kingdom for accurately predicting eight of the last ten plagues. His 2500 B.C. papyrus entitled “Buy Gold Before the…

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  • Historical Issue

    Get Ripped Like A Hill Tribesman: Follow This New Workout and Diet Plan to Lose That Valley Dweller Flab

    / February 6, 2019

    Tired of looking like a less-than-great ape? Sick of falling behind on hunts? Feel like a loser while watching those hill tribesmen get laid at the solstice celebration? Diet: It’s easy to let…

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  • Historical Issue

    Point/Counterpoint: The Invention of Calculus

    Rahul Gupta / February 6, 2019

    Gottfried Leibniz Did Not Read Doing Honest Work in College By Isaac Newton Gottfried Leibniz is a lying plagiarist. I spent twenty freaking years toiling over my books and deriving mathematical equations, and…

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  • Historical Issue

    My Love Life Was A Lot Better Before Glasses Were Invented

    John Buterbaugh / February 6, 2019

    MILAN, ITALY – Fuck you, Niccolo Alfonso. You came walking down the streets of Milan just a few years ago flexing your new invention. “Look, you all can finally see clearly, even far…

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