The Truth About The English Witch Who Predicted The Internet
The internet, first developed by the US military in the 1960s, had been around forever, because of a prediction made by a witch in the 15th century.
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The Truth Behind The Exorcism Of Roland Doe, Inspiration For The Exorcist
Catholicism has been engaged in exorcisms for centuries. Among the countless exorcisms, few stick out as much as Roland Doe's -- which inspired The Exorcist.
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Here's How Howard Hughes Made His Fortune During The Depression
The wealthy can be really weird people, and perhaps the prototypical eccentric millionaire was Howard Hughes.
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This Is How The Order Of The Solar Temple Cult Started
As far as cult names go, the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition (known to its friends simply as the Order of the Solar Temple) has a lot going for it.
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How Erik The Red Became A Legend
Erik the Red wasn't a Viking, not really, but he seemed to have a talent for terrorizing people anyway.
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This Is How Much Money Donald Trump Is Actually Worth
Donald Trump's net worth isn't quite what he makes it out to be, to say the least. Here's what we can determine is actually his wealth.
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Atlantis Might Actually Have Existed. Here's Why
Atlantis is one of those words, those places, that's truly a figure to conjure with, a mix of ancient legend and steam-punk possibilities, a sort of tabula rasa for whatever you'd hope humanity to be.
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The Truth About Dime Novelist Ned Buntline
If sales are any measure of success, Ned Buntline was very successful indeed. He wrote about what he knew, at first -- seagoing tales, perhaps inspired by his service in the Navy as a young man (a "buntline" is a kind of knot used on ships).
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These Are The 5 Most Valuable McDonald's Happy Meal Toys Ever
It's a conundrum. How do you make someone happy? Happy Hogan from the MCU is happy because Jon Favreau gets an executive producer credit no matter what. As for Happy Meals, they took the easy route: include one wad of plastic in every box of salty meat.
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Sirens Might Actually Have Existed. Here's Why
"Sirens have existed for a long time. They're that noise that first responder vehicles make. But what about the classic, mythological sirens?
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Here's Why The Creation Of The Post Office Was So Controversial
It's perfectly reasonable to blame the banal marketing of Silicon Valley for people's inability to differentiate a new way to add middlemen into their lives, and the creation of a truly radical space. The birth of the post office dramatically changed how people access information.
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What You Didn't Know About The World's Greatest Female Sniper
Lyudmila Pavlichenko, generally considered the world's most -- "successful" doesn't seem quite right; maybe "effective" -- sniper, killed 309 Germans on the Eastern Front in the earlier days of World War II, defending Russian soil to the best of her abilities.
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The Truth About Jimmy Carter's UFO Sighting
You'll be thrilled to learn that these United States were overseen by a man who claimed to have spotted a flying saucer in Calhoun County, Georgia. The claim, detailed in a remarkably official looking report to the International UFO Bureau in Oklahoma, was made by one Jimmy Carter.
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The Creepy History Of England's Black Monk House
When Joe and Jean Pritchard moved into their recently bought 30 East Drive in Pontefract with their two children, 13-year-old Diane and 15-year-old Philip, and Jean's mum Sarah in August 1966, they seemed to have lucked out on a picturesque house in West Yorkshire. But things got creepy, quickly.
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The Messed Up Truth About The Louisiana Purchase
Like much of American history, the story of the Louisiana Purchase is much darker and more complicated than what's taught in schools. It paved the way for the oppression of Native Americans, the expansion of slavery, and even the Civil War. This is the messed up truth about the Louisiana Purchase.
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Humans May Have Settled In North America Earlier Than We Think
A recent discovery in Mexico, however, made only in June of 2020, may throw this entire, neatly crafted timetable on its head, and place humanity in the Americas as far back as 33,150 years ago.
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What Life Was Like For Women In Ancient Japan
When you hear stories of ancient Japan, you will normally hear stories about samurais, ninjas, and emperors. Women in ancient Japan are rarely heard from.
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The Crazy True Story Of The Hitler Diaries
There are plenty of historical records as we get into the modern era, and World War II is no exception. Some things were destroyed in the course of war, but much remained. Yet certainly a tantalizing object would have been the personal diaries of the leader of the Third Reich: Adolf Hitler.
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The Crazy True Story Of The Affair Of The Poisons
The unusual case of the Affair of the Poisons has absolutely everything that an aspiring true crime enthusiast could want: royal scandal, murder most foul, and complicated last names that make you sound smart when you pronounce them correctly.
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This Is How The NXIVM Cult Started
NXIVM. It's spelled like the name of Julius Caesar's spaceship. Unfortunately, it's pronounced "nexium," so when read aloud, it sounds more like a magnesium-based anti-diarrheal. And that's about the nicest thing you can say about them.
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How Isaac Newton Caught One Of History's Biggest Counterfeiters
Sir Isaac Newton may have been one of the greatest physicists of all time. After all, he discovered gravity, during quarantine, in a rather famous event involving an apple tree. But he did have other interesting hobbies, other than math, like busting counterfeiters.
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How Leif Erikson Became A Legend
Leif Erikson is one of history's most important explorers. But while the legend of Erikson has become widely known, the real man remains shrouded in mystery.
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Fascinating Discoveries Made In The Jungle
Archaeologists and explorers have found tons of super cool stuff in the jungle, and seeing it for the first time? That had to be a case of not believing your eyes. Heck, some of this stuff is still hard to believe — but they're all very real. Here are some fascinating discoveries made in the jungle.
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The Crazy True Story Of The Persian Princess
The story of the Persian Princess hoax begins in 2000, when a mummy and sarcophagus showed up on the black market, sparking an international argument, lots of confused archaeologists and historians, and a story full of twists and turns. This is the crazy true story of the Persian Princess.
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Giants Might Actually Have Existed. Here's Why
Yep, giants were everywhere in ancient history. But could there be a hint of truth behind the legend? Could giants have ... actually existed?
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The Story Behind The Leatherman Of Connecticut
If you stood patiently by the right Connecticut roadside between 1883 and 1889, sooner or later a solitary figure would appear in the distance... The Leatherman.
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What Happened To The Man Who Killed Wild Bill Hickok?
The summer of 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was in Deadwood to make money. But he himself would soon be dead.
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