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Five Large-Scale Attempts to Change the Course of Human Evolution
Charles Darwin first explained the principles of sexual selection in his controversial book The Descent of Man (1871). Ever since then, people have wanted to tinker with human evolution via artificial sexual selection. Dictators, mad doctors, and crazed social scientists have proposed — and even carried out — human breeding experiments aimed at improving the species. For some definition of "improving." Here are five of the most bizarre and tragic experiments with human evolution from the last century. More »
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The Breakfast Club Meets Mad Max... On Skates!
Corey Haim is initiated into the Rollerboys, a fascist street gang that skates down the street with synchronized arm movements, in this clip from Prayer Of The Rollerboys. Which may be the weirdest dystopian movie ever. America is collapsing, Harvard is moving to Asia, and street gangs like the Rollerboys hold all the power. But everybody has perfect NKOTB hair and Benetton clothes, and there's a John Hughes-ian romance between Corey Haim and Patricia Arquette. Another awesome Rollerboys clip, after the jump. More »
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