What Life Was Like As A Shoemaker In The Colonial Era
Colonial-era shoemakers were known as cordwainers. Cobblers, a word much more widely known today, were the people who repaired the shoes made by cordwainers.
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The Truth About The Most Successful Pirate In History
Often portrayed as villains, tales about how pirates make fortunes by stealing merchants' vessels have inspired countless books, movies, and TV shows.
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The Psychology Behind Why People Join Cults
At best, cults are predatory organizations intent on scamming people out of their funds or possessions. At their worst, cults are terribly dangerous.
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The Meaning Of The Beatitudes In The Bible Explained
As one of the oldest collections of religious texts in the world, it's no secret that many people turn to the Bible for answers and guidance.
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A Staggering Amount Of People Died In The Order Of The Solar Temple Cult
The Order of the Solar Temple was responsible for the deaths of a staggering amount of people in the mid-1990s. Here's how many fell victim to the cult.
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Why Roman General Scipio Africanus Was Exiled From Rome
The one man that definitively ended the war was Publius Scipio. Despite his legendary work, he was ultimately exiled from Rome.
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What Life Was Like As A Saddler In The Colonial Era
Europeans brought many non-native species across the Atlantic when they settled in North America, and perhaps none is more influential than the horse.
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The Mythology Of Dionysus Explained
Dionysus was the Greek god of wine, fertility, and madness, bringing ecstasy and insanity alike to humanity. This is the mythology of Dionysus explained.
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Here's What Really Happened To Benito Mussolini's Body
Fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's body was desecrated after he was executed, but wait till you hear what some folks did with his brains.
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The Truth About Deborah The Judge In The Bible
The Book of Judges consists of four sections. A prophetess from the tribe of Ephraim, Deborah's story appears in chapters 4 (in prose) and 5 (in poetry).
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What Really Happens When A Person Is Excommunicated
Many people believe that excommunication means being condemned to hell and irreversibly expelled from a church. But those assumptions are not entirely true.
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How Old Was Methuselah, According To The Bible?
Maybe you've heard the someone described by the idiom "old as Methuselah." Chances are, that was a more than slight exaggeration given how long he lived.
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The Truth About Afghanistan's 'Golden Age'
There is more to Afghanistan's recent past than governance by either brutal domestic terrorists or weak-willed foreign powers.
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The Truth About Richard Nixon's Assassination Attempt
Richard Nixon's presidency was one of the more infamous and controversial in American history, leading him to become the first and only president to resign.
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Where Are Jim Jones' Descendants Today?
Back in 1978, Jim Jones ordered his followers, known as the Peoples Temple, to commit heinous acts of mass murder and mass suicide.
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Here's Why Nuclear Bombs Form Mushroom Clouds
We can all immediately recognize a mushroom cloud as coming from an atom bomb explosion, but why do nuclear weapons create this kind of cloud?
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The Truth About The Deadly Japanese Battleship Mutsu Disaster
In the early 1920s, the Imperial Japanese Navy began constructing Nagato-class battleships, which could compete with any army's finest at the time.
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The Truth About Rebekah In The Bible
Rebekah (or Rebecca) is the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. She is also one of the most relevant matriarchs in the Bible.
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The Forgotten History Of The Transistor Radio
When you gaze at your smartphone, the first thing that pops in your mind probably isn't "this thing was modeled after a transistor radio" — but it may be true.
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Why Braxton Bragg Was Considered One Of The Worst Generals In The Civil War
Confederate General Braxton Bragg was responsible for one of the most significant victories of the Civil War, yet is regarded as one of the worst generals.
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The Messed Up Truth Of Inuit Identification Numbers
Having one's name mispronounced is one thing but being assigned a number as a surname because the government is unwilling to learn one's name is another level.
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The Meaning Of Agape Love In The Bible
The Bible's New Testament was written in a form of Ancient Greek known as "Koine," which means something akin to "common." So what does "agape" mean?
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This Was Glenn Close's Experience With A Cult
Many actors have links to abusive, brainwashing cults. Here is Glenn Close's experience with a cult, how she got out, and how she overcame her past.
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How The Catherine Wheel Became A Dark Form Of Torture
One of the most common, and most brutal, execution methods was the Catherine Wheel, also known as the breaking wheel or simply the wheel.
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Why Picasso Was Questioned About The Theft Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
The "Mona Lisa" made the Louvre Museum in Paris its home in 1797, but one day in 1911 the da Vinci painting was stolen and made headlines worldwide.
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The Truth About The Deadly Wanggongchang Explosion
One of the deadliest accidental explosions in the history of mankind occurred on May 30, 1626, in the heart of Beijing, China during the Ming Dynasty.
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The Real Reason The KGB Fell Apart
Russia's security agency the KGB was notorious during the Cold War, but fell apart along with the Soviet Union in 1991. Or, did it?
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