42-Year Old Zamboni Driver Subs In And Wins NHL Game
Zamboni driver David Ayers starred in his own inspirational sports story when he was brought in as a replacement goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes.
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The Cleanest Cat Breed You Can Own
Anyone who owns a cat knows that our feline friends sometimes bring mess into the house. Which breed is the cleanest?
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The Truth About How Jack London Died
Jack London was a great author and a very complicated man. But how did he pass away? Well, people have really strong opinions about how London died.
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The Truth About Donnie Yen's Wife Cissy Wang
Actor and martial artist Donnie Yen totally believes in the concept ‘happy wife, happy life.' So who is the happy wife in Donnie Yen’s life?
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Amazon Just Patented A System For Whipping Objects Into Space
Like any tech giant run by a billionaire worth its salt, a recently uncovered patent filed by Jeff Bezos' company suggests Amazon has its eyes set on space.
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What Medical Treatment Was Really Like In The Wild West
In the early days of US colonization of the American west things were notoriously rough and tumble. And medical treatment was arguably even rougher.
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What People Really Ate In The Wild West
Day to day life on the frontier was dangerous, and when it came to mealtime a lot of settlers found the offerings a far cry from what they were used to.
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The Truth About Humanity's Oldest Story
The oldest known story has been told again and again for thousands of years.
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Paula Nelson: The Truth About Willie Nelson's Daughter
It wasn't immediately clear to Paula Nelson that her father was a bonafide country music star. But when that realization came, it wasn't exactly wine and roses.
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Why People Think We're Living In The Matrix
The notion that we are all organic life forms existing in a universe created through natural processes may seem like an unassailable fact. But there's evidence that points to a different possibility: like Neo before he took the red pill, we might be living inside an artificial simulation.
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The Untold Truth Of Leap Day
For something that happens almost every four years, it can still be a shock to wake up on leap day and notice that your calendar reads February 29th.
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We May Now Know What Cleopatra Smelled Like
Thanks to some olfactory archaeology we may have cracked the code of the whiff of Cleopatra's presence. Yes, we may now know what Cleopatra smelled like.
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The Truth About The Bloody Mary Legend
Anybody who has ever been to a slumber party has heard some version of the Bloody Mary urban legend.
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Whatever Happened To The Car Connected To James Dean's Death?
James Dean was at the apex of his fame when he was killed in an automobile accident on September 30th, 1955. At the time of his death he was driving a customized 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, nicknamed "Little Bastard," which would go on to become almost as famous as its owner.
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The Reason You'd Never Survive Life In Ancient Egypt
Those of us who enjoy the comforts of the modern world would probably be horrified to walk a day in the sandals of the average person in ancient Egypt.
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The Truth About How UPS Got Started
Seattle has always been a city of industry and innovation, something that teenagers Jim Casey and Claude Ryan knew all too well. In 1907 they borrowed $100 from an acquaintance and founded the American Messenger Company, which would eventually become UPS.
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The Truth About Bruce Lee's Parents
Bruce Lee was one of the most famous human beings of the 20th century. As a result, the story of his parents is often overshadowed by the successes and scandals of Lee's life, but they were each fascinating people in their own right.
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Here's How Much The Disney Family Is Really Worth
If you're not sure about shelling out $6.99 a month for a Disney+ subscription, don't worry: the Disney family definitely does not need your pocket change.
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The Truth About The People Who Moved Back To Chernobyl
The Chernobyl incident was the worst nuclear disaster in human history, and as a result, the area around the reactor — known as the exclusion zone — was evacuated. To this day, it remains illegal to live there. However, that didn't stop some resilient inhabitants from remaining.
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What The Coronavirus Could Mean For The 2020 Flu Season
The beginning of spring typically sees a reduction in flu-like infections, but with the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe could we see a late season resurgence?
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The Real Reason Woodstock '99 Was A Huge Failure
Few great historic disasters are without precedent, and before the catastrophic Fyre Festival there was the legendary screw up that was Woodstock '99. So what went wrong?
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Why Is It Called The Dragon's Triangle?
There's no doubt most people have heard of the Bermuda Triangle, that deadly swath of sea in the Caribbean known for the ships and planes that have vanished there without a trace. But it's not the only oceanic area known for strange disappearances. There's also the Devil's Triangle.
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Here's How Much Samuel Colt Was Worth When He Died
From cowboys to bank robbers to noir detectives, those pieces of rapid firing machinery have been omnipresent in the country's culture since the 19th century. And we have one man to thank for that: Samuel Colt, the inventor of the revolver.
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How Deadly Is The Banana Spider To Humans?
Of the arachnids who do pose a real risk to humans few have garnered as much media attention as the Brazilian wandering spider, sometimes referred to as the banana spider.
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The Real Truth Behind The Maria Sharapova Doping Scandal
Professional tennis superstar and five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova shocked the world on March 7th, 2016, when she announced that she had been suspended from professional play after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. Reaction to the revelation was swift.
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The Reason You'd Never Survive Life In Ancient Rome
The idealized image of Rome often portrayed in movies and TV shows was only known to the empire's richest citizens. For everyone else life was usually short and brutal.
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What Pablo Escobar's Brother Is Doing Now
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is notorious for, among other things, amassing an illicit fortune larger than the gross domestic product of a small nation. And throughout his tenure as the most wanted man in the world, his older brother, Roberto Escobar, worked as his accountant.
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