How One Art Collector Paid $18,300 For Nothing
A conveniently anonymous art collector really upped the ante when he decided to fork over $18,300 worth of cash for a masterfully crafted sculpture of nothing.
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How Much Do The Vatican's Swiss Guards Get Paid?
The Swiss Guards are composed of highly-trained soldiers and marksmen. Besides personal protection, they carry out various ceremonial duties at the Vatican.
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What We Know About The Fire Department Chaplain Who Was Among The First To Die On 9/11
One of the first was Father Mychal Judge with the city's fire department. On that fateful day, he joined the firefighters as they responded to the North Tower.
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What It Was Like Being One Of Thomas Jefferson's Slaves
Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal." The sentence had different interpretations through the years after.
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The Heart-Wrenching Death Of Tiger King's Erik Cowie
Erik Cowie, a former head zookeeper at "Tiger King" Joe Exotic's Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, was found dead on September 3.
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What Would Happen If Your Brain Was Split In Half
As each half of the brain has a greater specialty than the other, disconnecting them can lead the now independent organs to perceive the world very differently.
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Deadliest Battles Of World War II
World War 2 was bloody. As in, impressively and tragically so — the numbers are absolutely staggering. But what were the deadliest battles of all?
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Here's What The CIA Knew About 9/11 Before The Attack
In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, there was only one question on a lot of Americans' minds: Could we have prevented this?
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This Was Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Meal
But when it came time for dinner, and if wife Mary could lure him out of the office for a meal, Abraham Lincoln liked his comfort food - especially this meal.
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Here's What Makes Poison Dart Frogs So Dangerous
Hailing from the rainforests of Central and South America, the poison dart frog is a colorful amphibian that mostly lives on the forest floor.
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Why Glass Still Remains A Mystery To Physicists
People of science don't know everything there is to understand about how glass becomes, well, glass. In particular, they're curious about the glass phase.
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Why Walt Disney Stopped Being The Voice Of Mickey Mouse
In his first cartoons, Mickey was voiced by none other than Walt Disney himself, who provided all his vocalizations before the character actually spoke.
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Is This The Largest Creature Ever To Walk On Earth?
In recent months, paleontologists have unearthed not one, not two, but three new dinosaur species, and one was the largest to ever walk the Earth.
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The Real Reason Earth Is Considered A Giant Magnet
This might sound hard to believe, but every day, you get up and walk around on a giant magnet that is both spinning and rotating.
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The Mystery Of Marilyn Monroe's Wedding Ring
Monroe's life was surrounded by mystery, and to this day, many have never been solved, including the one about her first wedding ring from Joe DiMaggio.
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How The CIA Once Used Psychics To Spy On The Soviet Union
The U.S. Department of Defense was believed to have spent millions of dollars on the testing and development of so-called "esoteric arts" -- psychic abilities.
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Why Did Rebekah Trick Isaac In The Bible?
Rebekah and Isaac are one of the most important couples in the Old Testament, and like many other couples in the Bible, conceiving was a problem.
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The Tragic Death Of Peter Sellers
Known for his comedic work in such films as "The Pink Panther" (1963) and "Dr. Strangelove" (1964), actor Peter Sellers struggled in his life off-screen.
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The Truth About Indonesia's "Jurassic Park" Project
The 700-square-mile island is a refuge-from-humanity for flora and fauna, particularly one of Earth's last living, actual pseudo-dinosaurs, the Komodo Dragon.
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The Reason Some Are Convinced Jim Morrison Is Still Alive
Here's why some people have recently claimed that Doors frontman Jim Morrison, who died in 1971, is still alive and well.
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Here's How Doctor's Orders Distorted April Kauffman's Murder
The falsities in "Doctor's Orders" stem less from particular facts surrounding Kauffman's case and more from the show's overall presentation of its subject.
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Disturbing Details Found In John Belushi's Autopsy Report
On March 5, 1982, actor and comedian John Belushi was found dead in his rented bungalow at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. He was just 33 years old.
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The Truth About Sherlock Holmes' Mailbox
Doyle took inspiration from Baker Street -- a real street in London -- but the exact number of the flat, 221B, was non-existent when the stories were written.
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The Real Reason John Walker Lindh Joined The Taliban
John Walker Lindh was an American sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to aiding the Taliban, but was released after 17 years.
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Here's How Muhammad Ali Helped Save 15 American Hostages In Iraq
Muhammad Ali was one of the most prominent athletes in the 20th Century. Ironically, one of his most outstanding moments outside the ring is still little known.
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How The One World Trade Center Pays Tribute To 9/11
It's been 20 years since that fateful morning of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and tributes have started to pour in. Memorials become more critical now.
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John Walker Lindh: The Truth About The American Captured By The Taliban
In 2001, weeks after the September 11 attacks on the twin towers, John Walker Lindh was captured in Afghanistan. He became known as the American Taliban.
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