It's difficult to know exactly why, but in recent days, the question has been raised: can the president of the United States extend a presidential pardon to himself? Maybe it's a societal innocent curiosity, or because Mercury is stuck in retrograde.
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The world is a crazy place, full of bizarre plot lines that any editor in their right mind would reject as highly implausible.
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What will really happen if President Donald Trump is impeached? While the Founding Fathers couldn't have prepared for everything, they did leave us with ways to remove law-breaking presidents. Robert Mueller is investigating whether that happened, but here's what will happen if Trump is impeached.
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Warrior queens are rarer than warrior kings, due to the nature of history's treatment of women in power. When they're even allowed power, that is. The good news is, the ones that do exist are cool as hell. Here are the most powerful warrior queens in history.
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T.E. Lawrence was dubbed "Lawrence of Arabia" by the press following his time fighting in the Middle East. But the Lawrence of Arabia the public knows -- larger than life, braver than brave, without fault -- is only a small part of the story. This is the tragic real-life story of Lawrence of Arabia.
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Peaky Blinders is a phenomenon. But have you stopped to ask yourself: How real is this seemingly elaborately constructed slice of history everyone's obsessing over? Is everything in the show accurate, or has the flat cap-wearing populace based its fandom on a cynical lie? How real is Peaky Blinders?
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood explores the life of Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks), known to generations of TV viewers as Mister Rogers, host of the long-running Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. But it's not exactly accurate. Here are all the times A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood lied to you.
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Every Christmas has a "hot toy," and it's a phenomenon that stretches back decades. Here is the most popular Christmas toy the year you were born.
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Science has been super-busy, unearthing secrets ways for us to get smarter. You may already be amping up your brain without even realizing it!
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Funerals are somber affairs, with lots of crying and hugging. So imagine how bad it would be if everything went horribly wrong. Though it is rare, mistakes, accidents, and disruptions can make a funeral go from bad to catastrophic. Here are the most horrifying things that happened at funerals.
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Captain James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise has done it all. Of course, "all" doesn't always mean "good." If you look past the grandiose heroic moments, you'll find that Kirk's lauded career is full of truly terrible actions on virtually every level.
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Christopher Dennis was the famous Hollywood Boulevard Superman for 25 years. But Dennis' life wasn't all flowing capes and amiable photos with admiring tourists. It was filled with sad events that culminated in his untimely death. Here's the tragic real-life story of Hollywood Boulevard Superman.
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Because we love our cats we want what's best for them, but you might not actually know what's best for your cat.
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By the 19th century women were sick of being second-class citizens who were expected to do whatever their husbands told them. But change was going to require some loud, attention-getting stuff, and some people might even have to die. Here's the messed up truth about the women's suffrage movement.
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Ford v Ferrari is the story of when, in 1966, a team of drivers representing Ford won the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race. But like any movie based on a true story, Ford v Ferrari's filmmakers took a few creative liberties to make the story more cinematic. Here are 10 times Ford v Ferrari lied to you.
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Tim Burton isn't immune to weird Hollywood drama. You don't make incredible movies like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Mars Attacks! without a few weird things happening. Here are some bizarre things that happened on the set of Tim Burton movies
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One of the most important minds behind the first moon landing was a young woman named Margaret Hamilton. The world's first software engineer, Hamilton worked night and day to make Apollo 11 a success, changing the course of history.This is the untold truth of the woman who took America to the moon.
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Margaret Thatcher was the Iron Lady who ran Britain from 1979 to 1990, a period in which she defined a generation. On the world stage, she was renowned, but examine her closer and you'll see her career was a litany of disastrous choices. This is the messed up truth about Margaret Thatcher.
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Everyone will totally judge you for playing these video games. Some of them might have their bright spots, but are they worth it?
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Everything we know was built off the work of the people who came before us, and they may have been even more scientifically advanced than we previously thought.
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With a drone, you can see the world from a whole new vantage point. But you may wish you hadn't. From natural phenomena seen from a brand new angle to things that are just plain weird, drones have captured footage of some very chilling stuff. Here's some spine-chilling things caught by drones.
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Some rich people just have so much time and money on their hands they don't know what to do with it all. The Hellfire Club was made of those sorts of people. Here's what really went on behind the closed doors of the Hellfire Club.
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Your grandparents probably believed these really bizarre things. Don't judge too harshly, though -- wait 50 years, you'll see.
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Theoretically, the crew of the starship Enterprise has always been the best that Starfleet had to offer. In practice, the Enterprise crew tends to make decisions that lead to exciting television, and are just terrible. Here are the worst things the crew of the starship Enterprise have ever done.
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2019's Harriet marks the first feature film about Harriet Tubman. While great care was taken to present the real Tubman, a few creative liberties were taken, to better illustrate her world and the values she stood for. Here are some of the things Harriet got wrong about Harriet Tubman's life.
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Lots of countries have organized crime syndicates, but perhaps none of them quite compare to Japan's yakuza. The yakuza are extremely violent, but they also hide in plain sight and many are known to the government. Here's the story behind the yakuza.
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In 2017, a cigar-shaped object named 'Oumuamua drifted in from another solar system. Certain people still think it was a flying saucer, others are planning missions to land on it, and the "object" itself is just drifting further away. Here's the untold truth of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua.
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