What It Was Really Like Being A World War II Codebreaker
Codebreakers were very important during WWII, but it's only recently that we've started to uncover what it was really like being a World War II codebreaker.
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The Craziest False Confessions In History
False confessions, made because of a desire for attention, a delusion, or mental and emotional pressure, can have devastating consequences.
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This Is How The West Memphis Three Were Set Free
In 1993, three teenagers from West Memphis, Arkansas, went to prison for the murders of three eight-year-old boys whose bodies were found in the woods.
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What Happened When Washington D.C. Desegregated Public Pools In 1949
Throughout much of the 20th century, whenever Black Americans tried to go swimming in integrated public pools, white people violently targeted them.
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The Real Reason You Can't Find The 1890 U.S. Census
Beyond the contemporary functional application of the census, it also offers a phenomenal glimpse into hundreds of millions of lives throughout history.
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How Fidel Castro Survived Over 600 Assassination Attempts
After 638 failures by the CIA, "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal," Castro liked to tell interviewers.
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The True Story Of La Quintrala, Chile's Aristocratic Serial Killer
The country of Chile remembers to this day the legacy of a brutal serial killer from the 1600s who ruthlessly murdered her slaves, lovers, and her own father.
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The Original Reason For The World Series Will Surprise You
The World Series restarted after 1900 when the American League was established; the AL won in 1903, proving a worthy rival to the established National League.
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There's A New Twist In The Dyatlov Pass Hiking Incident
Less than two weeks after researchers presented evidence that the mysterious 1959 Dytlov Pass hiking incident had been solved, history may have repeated itself.
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The Strangest Aphrodisiacs Throughout History
An aphrodisiac is any substance thought to get you in the mood and ready to roll into bed. Over the millennia, humans have tried about everything.
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The Mystery Of Daisy Alexander's Message In A Bottle
Restaurant worker Jack J. Wurm was walking along the beach near San Francisco when he noticed a bottle floating in the surf with a bit of paper tucked inside.
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A Look At The Assassination Attempt Against Andrew Jackson
President Andrew Jackson, especially unpopular, experienced an attempt on his life when an unemployed house painter from England tried to shoot him in 1835.
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Hundreds Of Women Fought As Men During The Civil War
Victorian ideals of morality and decency ran rampant at the time of the American Civil War, but this did not stop several women from fighting as soldiers.
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The Most Bizarre Unsolved Mysteries Of World War II
Besides the messed up aftermath of WWII and its complicated legacy, there are several things from this worldwide conflict that remain pretty mysterious.
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This Is How New Popes Are Chosen
It may be a process that is done in secrecy, but the methods of selecting a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, are no mystery -- not anymore, anyway.
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The Inventor Of Motion Pictures Vanished And The Case Remains Unsolved
Another individual should also receive credit for motion pictures: French artist Louis Le Prince, who worked on similar experiments until his disappearance.
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The Messed Up Truth About Jodi Arias
Jodi Arias' murder of Travis Alexander became one of the biggest media frenzies caused by a non-celebrity crime. This is the messed up truth about Jodi Arias.
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Why Canada Uses The Term 'First Nations'
The use of "First Nations" to describe people who are the "original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada..." came into common parlance in the 1980s.
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The True Story Of The 1968 Poor People's Campaign
The Poor People's Campaign brought together individuals from across the country to Washington, D.C. in 1968 to bring attention to poverty in the United States.
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The Real-Life Stories Of Women Who Led Native American Tribes
Native American women have held leadership roles for centuries. Across tribes, women became chiefs, warriors, shamans, and powerful figures in their own right.
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Here's What Would Happen If The US Honored Its Treaties With Native Americans
The United States has a long history of treaties with Native Americans, and if they were honored, here is what would happen.
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The Messed Up Truth About The Toolbox Killers
Five teenage girls had been raped and murdered. Authorities were dealing with two serial killers in the Los Angeles area, and the killers' MO was gut-wrenching.
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The Truth About Serial Killer Nannie Doss
The heartless murderer killed so many people in her own family that she ended up earning herself the nicknames "Giggling Granny" and "The Jolly Black Widow."
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Major Companies That Would Not Have Existed Without The Great Depression
After the stock market crashed in 1929, America entered the Great Depression. While many lost jobs, some started companies to survive.
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The Messed Up True Story Behind Klansman Asa Earl Carter's Giant Hoax
Asa Earl Carter was a Klansman who wrote a book claiming to have Native ancestry. This is the messed up true story behind Klansman Asa Earl Carter's giant hoax.
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The Most Bizarre Unsolved Mysteries Of The British Royal Family
If your family has skeletons in the closet, think how many Buckingham Palace has. These are the most bizarre unsolved mysteries of the British royal family.
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The Truth About The Deadly Japan Airlines Flight 123
On that day, 520 people lost their lives, and Japanese Air Lines Flight 123 went down in history as the deadliest single-plane accident in aviation history.
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