Here's How Much The Disney Family Is Really Worth
If you're not sure about shelling out $6.99 a month for a Disney+ subscription, don't worry: the Disney family definitely does not need your pocket change.
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Stories By Robert Balkovich
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The Truth About The People Who Moved Back To Chernobyl
The Chernobyl incident was the worst nuclear disaster in human history, and as a result, the area around the reactor — known as the exclusion zone — was evacuated. To this day, it remains illegal to live there. However, that didn't stop some resilient inhabitants from remaining.
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What The Coronavirus Could Mean For The 2020 Flu Season
The beginning of spring typically sees a reduction in flu-like infections, but with the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe could we see a late season resurgence?
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Why People Think We're Living In The Matrix
The notion that we are all organic life forms existing in a universe created through natural processes may seem like an unassailable fact. But there's evidence that points to a different possibility: like Neo before he took the red pill, we might be living inside an artificial simulation.
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The Real Reason Woodstock '99 Was A Huge Failure
Few great historic disasters are without precedent, and before the catastrophic Fyre Festival there was the legendary screw up that was Woodstock '99. So what went wrong?
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The Reason You'd Never Survive Life In Ancient Egypt
Those of us who enjoy the comforts of the modern world would probably be horrified to walk a day in the sandals of the average person in ancient Egypt.
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Why Is It Called The Dragon's Triangle?
There's no doubt most people have heard of the Bermuda Triangle, that deadly swath of sea in the Caribbean known for the ships and planes that have vanished there without a trace. But it's not the only oceanic area known for strange disappearances. There's also the Devil's Triangle.
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Here's How Much Samuel Colt Was Worth When He Died
From cowboys to bank robbers to noir detectives, those pieces of rapid firing machinery have been omnipresent in the country's culture since the 19th century. And we have one man to thank for that: Samuel Colt, the inventor of the revolver.
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How Deadly Is The Banana Spider To Humans?
Of the arachnids who do pose a real risk to humans few have garnered as much media attention as the Brazilian wandering spider, sometimes referred to as the banana spider.
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The Real Truth Behind The Maria Sharapova Doping Scandal
Professional tennis superstar and five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova shocked the world on March 7th, 2016, when she announced that she had been suspended from professional play after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. Reaction to the revelation was swift.
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Paula Nelson: The Truth About Willie Nelson's Daughter
It wasn't immediately clear to Paula Nelson that her father was a bonafide country music star. But when that realization came, it wasn't exactly wine and roses.
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The Reason You'd Never Survive Life In Ancient Rome
The idealized image of Rome often portrayed in movies and TV shows was only known to the empire's richest citizens. For everyone else life was usually short and brutal.
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What Pablo Escobar's Brother Is Doing Now
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is notorious for, among other things, amassing an illicit fortune larger than the gross domestic product of a small nation. And throughout his tenure as the most wanted man in the world, his older brother, Roberto Escobar, worked as his accountant.
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What Really Happened To All Of Cleopatra's Siblings
The reign of ancient Egypt's final pharaoh, Cleopatra VII, is one of the most famous sagas in history. However, if you only know the parts of the story involving Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, you're missing out on some delicious family drama that played out between Cleopatra and her siblings.
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What Life Was Really Like For Women In Ancient Mesopotamia
The first cities in the world began popping up along the arable banks of the Tigris and Euphrates river around 4,500 BCE, creating historic period we now refer to as Mesopotamia. But what was life like for the women of the era?
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Whatever Happened To The Car Connected To James Dean's Death?
James Dean was at the apex of his fame when he was killed in an automobile accident on September 30th, 1955. At the time of his death he was driving a customized 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, nicknamed "Little Bastard," which would go on to become almost as famous as its owner.
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When You Stare At A Screen For Too Long, This Is What Happens
It's surprisingly easy to spend most of your waking hours in front of a screen. So what is all this time staring into the digital abyss really doing to our health?
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What People Really Ate In The Wild West
Day to day life on the frontier was dangerous, and when it came to mealtime a lot of settlers found the offerings a far cry from what they were used to.
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James Lipton, From Inside The Actors Studio, Dies At 93
After a career that spanned over half a century the actor, writer, professor, and host of Bravo's Inside the Actor's Studio James Lipton died on March, 2nd 2020. He was 93 years old.
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The Dangerous Truth Of Jacob's Well
Located in Hays County, Texas, is a submerged sinkhole fed by a natural spring known as Jacob's Well. Things look bucolic on the surface, but if you dive deep into the sinkhole, you'll find an underwater cave system whose siren song has led multiple divers to their deaths.
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The Untold Truth Of Leap Day
For something that happens almost every four years, it can still be a shock to wake up on leap day and notice that your calendar reads February 29th.
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The Truth About Donnie Yen's Wife Cissy Wang
Actor and martial artist Donnie Yen totally believes in the concept ‘happy wife, happy life.' So who is the happy wife in Donnie Yen’s life?
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The Truth About Bruce Lee's Parents
Bruce Lee was one of the most famous human beings of the 20th century. As a result, the story of his parents is often overshadowed by the successes and scandals of Lee's life, but they were each fascinating people in their own right.
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The Truth About How Jack London Died
Jack London was a great author and a very complicated man. But how did he pass away? Well, people have really strong opinions about how London died.
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The Real Reason Bobby Fischer Never Defended His World Title
Few moments in history are as indicative of how strange the Cold War years were as the saga of American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer and his victory over Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky in 1972. So why did he never defend his title?
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Secret 17th-Century Corridor Discovered In British House Of Commons
In February 2020, the British Parliament announced the discovery of a secret 17th-century corridor in the House of Commons, thought to have been sealed off during World War II. Here's everything you need to know about the secret 17th-century corridor discovered in British House of Commons.
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Was Aladdin Actually Based On A Real Person?
Like much of Disney's output in the '80s and '90s, the tale of a pauper whose fortunes change thanks to a chance encounter with a genie in a lamp was appropriated from a much older fairytale. In Aladdin's case it's a story that researchers think may have a real historical figure at its heart.
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