Christmas Is A Summer Holiday In Australia. Here's How It's Celebrated
Christmas is a summer holiday in Australia. That means it's different, and yet weirdly the same in many ways. Here's how it's celebrated.
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The Terrifying True Story Of The Cash-Landrum UFO Incident
The Cash-Landrum UFO incident left its witnesses both traumatized and physically ill. This is the terrifying true story of the Cash-Landrum UFO incident.
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What You Didn't Know About Dan Aykroyd's Paranormal Obsessions
Aykroyd not only believes in the paranormal, he finds the whole idea "entertaining." He grew up with ghost stories that put most campfire tales to shame.
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The Untold Truth Of Micky Dolenz
Dolenz was 20 years old, and The Monkees, which debuted in 1966, was a hit -- for two seasons, anyway. The studio provided the musicians and the songs.
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This Is Why Voice Assistants Are All Female
Here's why voice assistants are almost always female.
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The Bizarre Life Of The Man Who Killed Spartacus
If you only know Marcus Crassus as the man who killed Spartacus, there's much to learn about him and the odd and crooked ways he made his money, as well as his almost comically tragic end. Here are some of the strangest details in the bizarre life of the richest man in Rome.
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Wizard Rock, A Famed 1-Ton Boulder, Has Disappeared In Plain Sight
If you think lifting a dresser upstairs is hard work, here's a riddle for you: how do you go about stealing a 1-ton chunk of solid rock without breaking your spine? Wait, that's not hard enough. What if the rock sits on the side of a highway, and is a popular roadside attraction named Wizard Rock?
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This Is The Safest Country In The World To Visit
Travel will always come with a few attendant risks, but some locations are certainly riskier than others. For those cautious globetrotters looking for the cultural experience with the lowest threat level, there's one international destination that scores better than all the rest for traveler safety.
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Pablo Escobar's Brother Just Launched A $350 Foldable 'Cartel-E-Phone'
Roberto De Jesús Escobar Gaviria, who astute readers will recognize as the brother of that nutty Pablo Escobar fella that had some trouble with the law a ways back, has launched a new line (wink) of smartphones. The flagship: the Escobar Fold 1, a phone and tablet that folds!
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How Are The Rich Preparing For Coronavirus?
The novel coronavirus spreading out of Wuhan, China and causing the potentially severe respiratory infection COVID-19 is concerning up and down the socioeconomic ladder. Viruses don't care if you're rich or poor. A global pandemic knows no borders and abides no prejudice. Unless you're rich.
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The Untold Truth Of The Stonewall Riots
After a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, patrons took up whatever they could find and fought back against their oppressors, and amid the chaos, the Gay Rights movement was born. This is the untold truth of the Stonewall Riots.
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The Untold Truth Of Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds was voted Most Valuable Player a record seven times (and finished second in the MVP voting twice). Second, there's his offensive output. Bonds holds the all-time record for career home runs at 762, a number so enormous there's almost no chance anyone will beat it.
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The Most Bizarre Things Discovered By Airport Security
People try to sneak all sorts of illicit items through airport security. These bizarre attempts discovered by security agents defy all sanity and expectation.
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The Untold Truth Of The Nativity Of Jesus
What does the Bible actually say about the events of the birth of Jesus? Surprisingly little: the narrative only appears in one Gospel. But tradition, archeology, and science have helped to fill in some of the gaps left in the biblical narrative. This is the untold truth of the nativity of Jesus.
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The Untold Truth Of Ritchie Valens
He was one of rock n' roll's earliest and most promising stars. Here's a look into the tragically brief life of Ritchie Valens.
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The Tragic Story Of The Babylonian Captivity
One of the most critical events in Jewish history, especially as a defining moment for Jewish culture, is also one of the Bible's lesser known epochs: The Babylonian Exile, from 586–538 BCE. The Babylonian Exile is the reason why Judaism cohered into a canonical religion at all.
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How A Haunted Castle Cured Black Sabbath's Writer's Block
Black Sabbath transformed the music world with their dark and haunting aesthetic, but a prodigious pace in the early days left the band's creative well a bit dry. It turns out all they needed was something dark and haunting to turn things around.
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The Bizarre Truth About Hooters' Airline
By 2003, Hooters had been operating as a successful restaurant chain since the 1980s and was "flush with cash." Looking to expand the brand, Brooks bought the North Carolina-based charter airline Pace Airlines and refurbished the fleet of planes with Hooters logos.
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The Hidden Meaning Of Semisonic's Closing Time
Power pop hit "Closing Time" by American rock band Semisonic checks all the boxes for a novelty hit: an infectious melody, an easy-to-memorize chorus and a meditative double-meaning, much deeper than you might imagine.
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The Way Billionaire Patricia Kluge Lost Everything
Billionaire Patricia Kluge took her 1990 divorce to the bank, but like other billionaires who lost their entire fortunes, it wouldn't last. The $1 billion she got in the breakup was the largest divorce settlement ever at the time. This is the way billionaire Patricia Kluge lost everything.
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The Untold Truth Of The Clapper
"Clap on, clap off, The Clapper!" Long before Siri was sending texts with your voice, Alexa started putting Yacht Rock Radio on for you or a quick "Hey Google" got you the local forecast, The Clapper was turning America on. So what's the story behind this piece of of 80s tech lore?
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The Untold Truth Of Mar-A-Lago
Mar-a-Lago is President Donald Trump's primary residence, a resort club for the extremely wealthy, and an estate with more history than you might expect.
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The Untold Truth Of Dolly Parton's Family
Dolly PParton is one of 12 children, all of whom have their own story to tell.
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The Untold Truth Of NOFX
NOFX has been the most unlikely success story of punk rock music. While NOFX remains under the radar for music fans, they have wild, untold history.
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The Untold Truth Of Gorillaz
Since its inception in 1998, the virtual band, Gorillaz, created by Blur's Damon Albarn and Tank Girl's Jamie Hewlett has been about showing the music industry how to do things differently. From top-notch collaborators to experimental sounds to animation, here is there story.
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How Colonial America Celebrated Christmas
Celebrating the Christmas holiday was actually banned in Massachusetts from 1659 through 1681, per Time magazine. Early American Life magazine notes that Puritans "abhorred the excesses of church celebrations" and saw Christmas as just another day on which to work hard in the name of Lord.
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The Untold Truth Of 'Schlitzie The Pinhead'
Schlitzie the Pinhead was one of the most famous circus sideshow acts ever. Schlitzie's unusual "pinhead" appearance brought swarms of audiences to the circus sideshows he called home. But Schlitzie's life was incredibly hard behind the scenes. Here's the untold truth of "Schlitzie the Pinhead."
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