The US Government's Secret Plan To Control The Media Explained
The U.S. government was so scared of Communism in the mid-20th century that it used spies to inject propaganda into American news organizations.
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Here's What's Really Inside The Leaning Tower Of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is at the same time one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy and one of the marvels of medieval engineering.
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The Interesting Truth About The Black Sea Deluge
The "Black Sea Deluge" theory posits that the Mediterranean spilled over into the Black Sea with a force that inspired ancient tales of massive floods.
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How This Grand Duchess Escaped The Bolsheviks
Czar Nicholas II was the oldest of five children, with his youngest sister being Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. She would not meet her brother's cruel fate.
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The Truth About The Mass Grave From Stalin's Great Purge
In August of 2021, workers doing exploratory digging unearthed a mass grave that could contain as many as 20,000 human corpses.
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The Truth About A Feral Child Who Was Kept As A Royal Pet
In 1725, a hunting party stumbled upon a young boy, possibly abandoned in the forest as an infant, in what is now northern Germany's Hertswold forest.
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What You Didn't Know About The Vikings' Unique Compass
Vikings were quite the travelers. From the 8th-11th centuries, they journeyed throughout Europe, the North Atlantic, and to North America -- exploring, raiding.
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What It Was Really Like To Take Part In A Duel
What drove men (and some women) to settle conflicts with pistols or swords? The answers are surprising. Here's what it was really like to take part in a duel.
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How The Legend Of The Fountain Of Youth Spread
Civilizations all over the world have searched for the fountain of youth in one way or another for thousands of years. The fountain could be a spring or river.
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How Mussolini Was Even More Evil Than You Think
The global atrocities committed before and during World War II are too numerous to quantify and were carried out by many political and military leaders.
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The Real Reason Amish Men Have Beards
For the Amish, a North American religious sect mostly in the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church, a hirsute visage represents the embrace of a religious practice.
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The Truth About The Manhunt For John Wilkes Booth
The events that unfolded after Lincoln was shot involved a grand plot aimed at multiple political assassinations and a fiery conclusion to the manhunt.
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Here's How The Tornado Scene In The Wizard Of Oz Was Actually Made
Released in 1939, "The Wizard of Oz," a fantastical tale of a young woman's adventures in a faraway and wondrous land, captured the public's imagination.
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How American History Classes Lie About D-Day
D-Day is rightly immortalized in monuments and media for its acceleration of Nazi Germany's end, but American history books don't tell the whole truth.
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The Sequel To Mein Kampf No One Has Ever Heard Of
History buffs and non-buffs alike know that Adolph Hitler wrote a book called "Mein Kampf." But not many people know that he also wrote a second book.
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The Surprising Theory That Claims Reincarnation Was Removed From The Bible
The concept of reincarnation is believed by many worldwide, but one of the oldest religious texts in the world, the Bible, seems to leave it out.
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The Truth About Edgar Allan Poe's Death
In 1847, his wife, Virginia, died at the age of 24 due to tuberculosis. Her death utterly devastated Poe, who then struggled both financially and physically.
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Hitler Was More Evil Than You Thought. Here's Why
Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, is known as one of the most murderous figures in history and presided over the deaths of millions.
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The Dark Truth About America's First Attempted Satellite Launch
The space race pitted two of the world's superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, in an astronomical competition during the Cold War.
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The Dark Origins Behind The Sicilian Mafia Explained
Did the mafia start as organized crime networks of drug trafficking, racketeering, protection money, baseball bats to kneecaps, and so on? Is it truly savage?
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Why Amish Children Aren't Allowed To Go To School Past 8th Grade
The Amish are exempted from Compulsory Education Laws and educate children only up until the 8th grade.
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Why This Museum Claims To Hold Thomas Edison's Dying Breath
Thomas Edison's son sent Henry Ford one of the test tubes found in the room where the inventor died in 1931.
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The Surprising History Of Paul The Apostle
One of the most commonly mentioned facts about the Apostle Paul actually isn't true. The myth is that he was born Saul, persecuted, and changed his name.
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Was The Aztec Sun Stone Really Used For Human Sacrifice?
The Aztecs of ancient Mexico are another such example. Their polytheistic religion placed an emphasis on sun god, Tonatiuh, who provided both light and life.
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The History Of Cremation Explained
Cremation is an increasingly widespread tradition today, with it being a common practice throughout history, despite controversy.
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The Truth About Nicolae Ceausescu's Corpse
Nicolae Ceausescu ruled Romania without mercy during the final decade of Eastern Europe's Iron Curtain at the end of the Cold War before being killed.
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Ed Kemper's Favorite Pastime In Prison May Surprise You
No one knew that as a boy, Ed Kemper had displayed disturbing behavior that pointed to the signs of a serial killer in the making.
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