The Real Difference Between Tear Gas And Pepper Spray
Tear gas and pepper spray are both "riot control agents." But what's the real difference between them?
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The Real Reason Loving Day Is So Important
There was a time when it was illegal for blacks and whites to marry, or have children together, or love one another in committed, legal relationships. But along came the court case of Loving v. Virginia
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What Alternative Policing Looks Like In Countries Around The World
More people are being shot and killed by the police in the United States. Here's what alternative policing looks like in countries around the world.
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The History Of NASCAR Explained
For longer than most of us have been alive, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (or NASCAR, to its friends) has been rattling the ground beneath Daytona. But how did it get its start?
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The Messed Up Truth About The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott is often hailed as the opening act of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. But the version you're taught in school leaves out the heroic efforts of multiple people who worked tirelessly towards desegregation. This is the messed up truth about the Montgomery bus boycott.
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The Real Reason Elizabeth Woodville Was Called The White Queen
Historical figures become known by their nicknames. Sometimes, people forget why they were given those names in the first place. That's pretty much what happened to Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen, especially after the BBC TV show of the same name premiered.
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The Real Reason Cops And Live P.D. Were Canceled
It's been more than 30 years for Cops, the ride-along reality TV series that purported to show police officers at work, making communities across the country safe. But now those Bad Boys are going to have to find something else to do, as the show's been canceled, along with Live P.D.
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The Real Reason The Great Wall Of China Was Built
Many myths surround the Great Wall of China, from the story that it can be seen from space (it cannot), to the reasoning that it was built to keep the Huns from invading China, as seen in the opening scene of Mulan. That one, it turns out, might not be true either.
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The Tragic Death Of Marsha P. Johnson
On July 6, 1992, Johnson's lifeless body was pulled from New York's Hudson River. The police classified it a suicide. None of her friends accepted that.
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The Untold Truth Of John Wayne
John Wayne remains an American icon for his roles in Westerns and war movies, but what do we really know about him? This is the untold truth of John Wayne.
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Myths About Black Cats You Can Stop Believing
Cats might be the new kids on the block, when it comes to domestication — the world's oldest dog breeds were around a long time before the world's oldest domestic cats — but surely, thousands of years is plenty of time to shake off bizarre superstitions... like those legends assigned to black cats.
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This Is How Good Elvis Presley Was At Karate
Elvis Presley loved Gospel music, loved his mother, and grew up to be an American success story, pop culture icon ... and punchline.
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The Untold Truth Of General Custer
There's more to the controversial George Armstrong Custer and his last stand than meets the eye. This is the untold truth of General Custer.
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The Untold Truth Of The Ahnenerbe: Hitler's Archaeologists
In 1935, the Nazis founded the Ahnenerbe. Its archaeologists researched a lot, from the prehistoric roots of the Aryan race to the location of the Holy Grail, the relics of a lost colony of Atlantis, and, well, you get the idea. This is the untold truth of the Ahnenerbe, Hitler's archaeologists.
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The Untold Truth Of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Southerners presented slavery as a good, but especially after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This is the untold truth of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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This Is What Scientists Think The Loch Ness Monster Actually Is
The Loch Ness Monster has fascinated people for centuries, earning a distinguished role in the pantheon of famous mythic creatures like Bigfoot and the Chupacabra. Sadly, scientists are ready to burst your bubble — they think it's not a monster, at all.
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The Untold Truth Of Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a civil rights activists who made a lasting impact on history. This is the untold truth of Rosa Parks.
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What The Final 12 Months Of Elvis' Life Were Like
Few if any figures in rock and roll history are as timeless -- or controversial -- as Elvis Presley.
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The Truth About Picasso's Lost Masterpiece
In September of 1998, Swissair Flight 111 crashed unexpectedly off the coast of Nova Scotia. All 229 passengers and crew died in the accident, which was later determined to have been caused by a fire stemming from faulty wiring.
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The Untold Truth Of Tear Gas
Tear gas is classified as "riot control agent," and so can be used by police departments, but is banned as a military weapon by the 1925 Geneva Protocol. Here's everything you need to know about it.
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The Truth About Donnie Yen's Mother
Donnie Yen's mother, Bow-sim Mark, is kind of a big deal — not just as an acclaimed martial artist but also as a business woman who made it big at a time when the glass ceiling was a whole lot thicker than it is today.
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Were Drugs Really Smuggled In Soldiers' Coffins During The Vietnam War?
The movie American Gangster includes a stunning sequence, wherein heroin was smuggled into the U.S. inside the coffins of fallen soldiers returning from the Vietnam War. Did this really happen?
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The Hit Mystery Thriller On Netflix You Need To Watch
One of Netflix's most recent acquisitions, The Night Clerk, is part police procedural, part whodunnit, part study of humanity, as the best mysteries always are.
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The One Thing Alexander Ludwig Regrets About Playing Bjorn On Vikings
Acting is a notoriously fickle business. There are those actors who want to branch out into music, or direct, or return to their roots in live theater. Or aspire to film, rising above the more pedestrian work to be found on television. (Commercials? Ew.)
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Why It Took So Long For Lynching To Become A Federal Crime
Lynching took a very long time to become a federal hate crime. That changed in March of 2022 when President Joe Biden signed it into federal law.
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Here's Why Keiynan Lonsdale Quit The Flash
Keiynan Lonsdale, an Australian actor took on the role of Wally West, who becomes Kid Flash. But he may have been a flash in the pan, so to speak.
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The Tragic Final Days Of Henry VIII's Second Wife, Anne Boleyn
You could do worse than marrying the King of England. That had to have gone through her mind... at least until she was beheaded.
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