Anton LaVey: The Truth About The Church Of Satan Founder
Let us delve into the mystical life and times of one of the great Satanists of our age: Howard Stanton Levey, aka Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan.
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Stories By Mark Lambert
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People Who Went Missing On Cruise Ships/while At Sea
The ocean is a big, big place, and plenty of people have gone missing while at sea. Here are a few examples.
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Government Stories That Are Super Shady
Governments don't exactly have a squeaky clean record for telling the truth. All will be revealed in these super shady government stories.
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The One Thing About Jesse That Breaking Bad Fans Can't Get Over
What is it about Jesse that drives Breaking Bad fans nuts?
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The Truth About America's Most Famous Witch
The story of America's most famous "witch" is surprising.
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What Would Happen If An Asteroid Hit Earth?
Pop culture throws out some fairly fruit-loopy notions when it comes to space. Setting our space pop-fear aside, what's the real scoop on asteroids?
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Things The Ancient Mesopotamians Couldn't Live Without
Our knowledge of life Mesopotamian is remarkably nuanced.
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Frozen Treasures Found In The Depths Of Antarctica
Antarctica has a ton of frozen treasures waiting to be discovered. Here are some of the craziest frozen treasures found in Antarctica.
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What Life Was Like For Trappers In The Wild West
How was the life of the average trapper in the Wild West? In a word, short.
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What You Can Buy For $1 Across The Globe
A dollar isn't a lot of money, but it can still buy some strange, interesting things if you know where to look. Here's what you can buy for $1 across the globe.
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This Is Why Toilets Flush Differently Across The Globe
What's stopping two fluid dynamics scientists on opposite sides of the world from getting on the phone and clearing it up once and for all?
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The Entire Sharknado Timeline Explained
The first Sharknado movie came out in 2013, and five new movies would follow in its blood-frothed wake. Here's the entire Sharknado timeline explained.
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Do Spiders Sleep?
Spiders aren't the kind of critters you can easily sneak up on, and for the 75 percent of our species who find spiders repugnant or terrifying, it's often this constant watchful alertness they find most disconcerting. So that leads us to the slightly weird question: do spiders sleep?
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The True Story Of World War II's Code Talkers
The true story of World War II's code talkers is a tale about information and war and how a complex Native American language birthed an unbreakable code.
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Darkest TV Moments From The '00s
2000s TV shows weren't all fun and games. Here are some of the darkest TV moments from the 2000s.
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The Untold Truth Of The Medellin Cartel
Many terrifying truths have been told of the infamous Medellin Cartel. There are many truths to be uncovered when it comes to the Medellin Cartel.
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The Life And Death Of Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini was one of the most recognized magicians, escape artists, and stage performers of all time. Here's a guide to the life and death of Harry Houdini.
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What Would Happen If Sharks Went Extinct?
Sharks are aquatic hellspawn, whose sole enjoyment in life derives from dismembering screaming humans. But would the ocean be a better place without them?
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The Real Reason People Still Read Sun Tzu's Art Of War
How does a two-and-a-half thousand-year-old how-to manual manage to fetch over five million Google hits in the 2020s?
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Cold Cases Solved With Genetic Genealogy
A sample of saliva is all it takes for companies to paint a detailed picture of family trees. It started as a fun way to find new genetic connections. But that's not where it ended. Here's the coming-of-age of genealogical data, cold cases it helped solve, and where the technology might go next.
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You Probably Missed This Walter White Detail In Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad is an unusual story. No TV show, past or since, has successfully woven such terrifying ruthlessness around a protagonist who wears grandpa underpants.
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The Untold Truth Of Martial Arts Legend Masahiko Kimura
Masahiko Kimura's glossy catalog of muscles and skill made him scary. But his attitude made him terrifying.
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The Truth About Jujitsu Legend Jigoro Kano
Kano was a serious man. He also cast a long shadow. From his birth in 1860 to his death in 1938, Kano would master a martial art, modernize it, and then unleash it on a global audience.
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Things The Ancient Aztecs Couldn't Live Without
There were at least three items that defined Aztec life. Without them, the Aztecs wouldn't have been who they were. One was endearing. Another had horrifying implications. And the third ... kind of brings everything together and helps put their culture into sharper focus.
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Weird Things You Didn't Know About The Smurfs
There are a lot of weird things you don't know about The Smurfs. Prepare to question your most basic assumptions about these mushroom-fixated arboreal ingenues.
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The Bizarre Origin Of 'Little Green Men'
Eight members of the Sutton family poured into the police station and reportedly uttered words that would, in decades since, inspire a deluge of delightfully corny B-grade science-fiction classics: "We need help. We've been fighting them for nearly four hours."
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The Disturbing Past Of Forest Haven Asylum
In a corner of Laurel, Maryland hides a 200-acre property. Wrapped up in thick forest, you'll find a vast compound. Peeling paint, the smell of rot, and at least a few decades of graffiti-flexing all vie for attention... This is Forest Haven Asylum.
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