The Truth About The World's Largest Active Volcano
Rising 13,100 feet above sea level, Hawaii's Mauna Loa is the undisputed world champion when it comes to both size and activity.
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The CIA's Secret Torture Files Explained
The contents of a 2019 report on the horrors of the CIA torture program revealed that the "enhanced interrogations" were even more brutal than we thought.
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What Are The 4 Cardinal Virtues And What Do They Mean?
Plato boiled moral thought and action down to four foundational characteristics that everyone should strive for: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
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What Life Was Like As An Apothecary In The Colonial Era
One of the most common trade workers in the Colonial era was the apothecary, who had various skills and performed medical treatments and surgeries.
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This Is How Murderer Ned Kelly Was Finally Caught
Australia has a folk hero who bears several similarities to America's Jesse James: Ned Kelly, an outlaw who lived from 1855 until 1880.
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How One Person Managed To Escape A North Korean Prison Camp
On January 2, 2005, a young man named Shin Dong-hyuk managed to escape North Korea's Camp 14, where he witnessed many atrocities.
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What Might've Happened If Abraham Lincoln Survived His Assassination
What would have happened if former President Abraham Lincoln survived his assassination and the United States did not plunge into mourning?
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What Ever Happened To Sixteen Candles' Jake Ryan?
John Hughes' world enchanted 80s audiences - especially Ringwald's Samantha Baker and romantic lead Michael Schoeffling's Jake Ryan in 1984's "Sixteen Candles."
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Tragic Details About Classic Country Musicians
Quite a few of the biggest names in country music had to deal with hardship in their life. Here are some tragic details about classic country musicians.
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The Real Reason Jeff Bezos Is Suing NASA
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sued NASA because the contract he wanted was awarded to his rival Elon Musk. Here's why Bezos thinks the deal was unfair.
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Modest Mouse Facts For Every Fan
Those who have been in tune with rock since the '90s will know of Modest Mouse. Their real-life incidents are the stuff of rock 'n' roll lore.
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How The CIA Used Shoelaces To Send Secret Coded Messages
As it was often necessary for CIA operatives to secretly communicate with one another, the agency developed a variety of codes for public information exchange.
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What Life Was Like For Ancient Carthaginians
When Rome was just a growing city, another force was dominating the shores of the Mediterranean: the Phoenicians, with their powerful city-state of Carthage.
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The Wizard Of Oz Scene You Never Got To See Until Now
Just like every other movie, there's a whole lot from "The Wizard of Oz" that ended up on the cutting room floor, including one particularly expensive scene.
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How Heretic Forks Became One Of The Cruelest Punishments Of All Time
In medieval times, various torture devices were used as punishments or to get confessions from prisoners. The heretic's fork is one such device.
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What Really Happens If You Try To Open A Plane Door Mid-Flight?
Passengers have been known to take out their anger on other passengers or on the plane's crew, but sometimes, they take out their anger on the aircraft itself.
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The Tragic Truth About The Nanking Massacre
While the Holocaust and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are widely discussed and taught in schools, the Nanking Massacre is less well-known.
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The Bible Is Actually A Library. Here's What You'll Find
The books of the Bible range in length from a few paragraphs to dozens of pages and were written in different languages at different times in history.
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Terrifying Historical Examples Of Mass Psychosis
Did you know the human brain is so fragile that entire social structures can collapse, giving way to a phenomenon known as mass psychosis or mass hysteria?
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How Many Olympic Medals Does Caitlyn Jenner Have?
Jenner decided to pursue decathlon athletics -- a competition that includes a variety of track events. This would earn her a chance to compete in the Olympics.
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The Truth About Caitlyn Jenner's Car Racing Career
Long before she was "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and co-heading the multibillion-dollar Jenner clan, Caitlyn Jenner was one of the world's finest athletes.
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The Truth About Plastic-Eating Fungi
Plastic-eating fungi appear to be a possible solution to the world's pollution problem. But will we all be feeding our trash to fungi in the future?
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What Really Happened During The 1944 Philadelphia Transit Strike?
When workers at the Philadelphia Transportation Company went on strike in 1944, they weren't protesting low wages but the promotion of Black coworkers.
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The Untold Truth Of Jesus
Jesus is both a religious figure and a rea, historical person from the first century. This is the untold truth of Jesus.
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The Untold Truth Of The Death Squad Diary
Though the Guatemalan government denied having any involvement with some people disappearing, the "Death Squad Diary" revealed that this was not true.
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What The Bible Really Says About Adultery
Adultery is a sensitive topic in relationships. Unsurprisingly, it is a recurring topic in the Bible, appearing 52 times in the Old and New Testaments.
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The Messed Up Truth About Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford was not only a self-made Hollywood success story but a mother. Unfortunately, her children have shared very different accounts of their childhood.
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