The Truth About Jet Li And Aaliyah's Relationship
The truth about Jet Li and Aaliyah's relationship is that it was one of friendship and professional respect.
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Magnus Hirschfeld: The Tragic Story Of A Gay Rights Pioneer
The Nazis may have Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Sciences, but his legacy lives on in the continued battle for LGBT rights.
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The Untold Truth Of Bruderhof Communities
The Bruderhof (German for "place of brothers") is a pacifist, socialist Christian movement that began in Germany in 1920. Its founder, Eberhard Arnold, was inspired by a cultural and educational campaign started in 1896 called the German Youth Movement.
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The Truth About The Rivalry Between Bob Ross And Bill Alexander
According to Bill Alexander, Bob Ross "betrayed me. I invented 'wet on wet.' I trained him and he is copying me -- what bothers me is not just that he betrayed me, but that he thinks he can do it better."
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The Adventures Of Dr. Livingstone Explained
Famed Scottish explorer David Livingstone a complex man who left an outsized mark on history. These are the adventures of Dr. Livingstone explained.
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The Hidden Meaning Of Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
The epic song that Ultimate Guitar posits as a contender for the first heavy metal song ever was written as a love song from Adam to Eve. The mystery behind the slurred lyrics gave the song the right kind of controversy it needed to stand out in the world of 1960s psychedelic rock.
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What The Park From Class Action Park Looks Like Today
Action Park officially opened on May 26, 1978, and for the first few years it was a huge success. Waves of visitors flocked to what was then the state's first and largest modern waterpark... but it would also become its most dangerous.
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The Truth About How Much Junk Humans Have Created
Humans have a serious problem with creating junk. All of the junk humans have created has ushered in the Anthropocene age.
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The Horrifying Reason Action Park Painted A Pool Floor White
Action Park embodied the laissez faire attitude toward health and safety that defined childhood memories from the 1970s and '80s.
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13 Best Westerns About Wyatt Earp Ranked
Here are the best onscreen portrayals of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, ranked from worst to best.
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Times Grant Lied To You
History's 3-part miniseries Grant details the life of 18th president and celebrated Union general Ulysses S. Grant. However, the series isn't always accurate.
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The True Story Of The First Police Department
While they seem ubiquitous now, police departments are a relatively modern invention. The police as we know them did not really come into being until after the passage of the Metropolitan Police Act in England in 1829.
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The Real Reason The Doobie Brothers Have Had So Many Lineup Changes
Folks might think the band had just two iterations, changing into its final form when five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald joined, but Ultimate Classic Rock tracked the Doobie Brothers' lineup changes over the decades and counted up to 17.
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The Hidden Meaning Of Radiohead's Street Spirit
When singer Thom Yorke calls one of the band's own songs the most "hopeless" out of anything they've ever written, that's a sign that there's some seriously heavy, tragic, and horrifically mournful music at hand.
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What The Last 12 Months Of Marvin Gaye's Life Were Like
Marvin Gaye was tragically shot by his own father on April 1, 1984, a day short of his 45th birthday. In his final 12 months, Gaye enjoyed critical success.
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The Bizarre True Story Of The 1917 Prophecies Of Fatima
Many know of Fatima, in Portugal, and many know in 1917 the Virgin Mary appeared to three children and told them some top-secret info, but... what did she say?
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The Truth About Jimmy Page And Scarlett Sabet's Relationship
Despite a 46-year age gap, Jimmy Page and Scarlett Sabet started a relationship in August of 2014.
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The Untold Truth Of Bareknuckle Boxing
Boxing may seem vicious now, but compared to the sport's beginnings in the United States, it's actually quite tame.
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What Humanity Would Look Like If It Had Evolved To Survive Car Crashes
An Australian team set out to create a model of what humanity would look like if it had evolved to survive car crashes. The results are a little jarring.
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The Best Portrayals Of Cleopatra On Screen Ranked
Cleopatra has been portrayed in countless flicks and TV series. Here are the best portrayals of Cleopatra on screen ranked.
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Marriages That Changed The Course Of History
Marriages sometimes change more than lives. They change history. They might have started out as love affairs, political alliances, or arrangements, but they all had a major impact on the world. Here are some marriages that changed the course of history.
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The Untold Truth Of Coffin Clubs
Williams, told how she "gathered some old blokes who were ex-carpenters and builders, and a group of women that would get creative, and we started it up in my garage and carport." From there a small community of 50 to 60 people would show up on Wednesdays to construct and decorate coffins.
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The Truth About The Whirling Dervishes
The practice of spinning to reach Sufism was begun by the followers of the 13th-century poet and Sufi mystic Rumi, also known as Mevlana. Rumi met a traveling dervish, or holy man, named Shams al-Din in 1244 and believed him to be divine. Rumi began to devote more time to al-Din than his studies.
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What The Last 12 Months Of Whitney Houston's Life Were Like
Singer Whitney Houston died tragically on February 11, 2012, when she accidentally drowned in a bathtub after taking cocaine.
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The Mysterious Disappearance Of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt
On the morning of December 17, Holt went to Cheviot Beach in Portsea with his neighbors and two of their friends. While the weather was perfect for a swim, the sea looked rough. Holt, however, insisted they swim.
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Details You Didn't Know About Madonna And Dennis Rodman's Relationship
The power forward legend and the Queen of Pop dated for a while around 1994, and while Rodman has told several versions of the story over the years, Madonna has been rather more reluctant to spill the beans. Still others have told versions that differ significantly from Rodman's.
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The Tragic Death Of Bodybuilder Trevor Smith
Trevor Smith's death at just 33 years old was tragic. Smith weighed over 400 pounds at his peak. He trained ferociously, and he used steroids.
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