Here's What Happened When 14th Century Monks Started Eating Meat
During the 14th century, monks at the Muchelney Abbey in Somerset, England, had a diet that mostly consisted of bread, alcohol, and eel.
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Here's What Was Found In Hitler's Last Will
Nazi leader and German dictator, Adolf Hitler, committed suicide on April 30, 1945, by shooting himself in a Berlin bunker as the Allies were closing in.
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What Really Happened During The 1944 Philadelphia Transit Strike?
When workers at the Philadelphia Transportation Company went on strike in 1944, they weren't protesting low wages but the promotion of Black coworkers.
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The Mysterious Death Of The Man Known As Peter Bergmann
The Kinsellas spotted something unusual as they approached the rocky shore. Arthur Kinsella said they were stunned to realize "it was the body of a person."
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The Untold Truth Of The 1984 Friendship Games
The LA Olympics wasn't the only international sporting event to take place in 1984. This is the untold truth of the 1984 Friendship Games.
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The Mystery Of The Town That Fell Asleep
For years, scientists and doctors were baffled as to what could be causing residents of an isolated town in Kazakhstan to fall asleep, sometimes for weeks.
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The Tragic True Story Of WWI Trench Poetry
Countless poets have written about the brutality of war but WWI saw a font of creativity spring from an unlikely place — the front line battlefield trenches.
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The Alleged Spy Technique The CIA Uses At Starbucks
CIA agents often rely on being able to hide in plain sight, so places like Starbucks are perfect for operations. Here's its secret Starbucks spy technique.
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The Truth About The Deadly Brescia Explosion
In 1769, a single bolt of lightning led to thousands of deaths in Brescia, Italy, in one of the most destructive strikes ever recorded.
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Umoja Uaso: The Village Where Men Are Not Allowed
True matriarchal societies, where men play a very small role or don't participate at all, are hard to find — both in modern times and in history.
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The Dark History Of Taiwan's Green Island
Taiwan's Green Island has a dark history linked to its feud with mainland China. This is the harrowing story of what happened on Green Island.
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The Truth About The Jean-Claude Duvalier Heist
Heists are typically imagined as daring forays into protected vaults within banks and casinos, but history's biggest examples tend to be much less dramatic.
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The Story Behind Chicago's Nickname
Everyone under the sun knows that Chicago is often called the Windy City. What not everybody knows is why.
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How The Supreme Court Could Have Saved The Reconstruction Era
It's a common axiom that when a person votes for the president of the United States, they're also voting for the future of the Supreme Court.
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Atlantis-Inspired Myths That Turned Out To Be True
Back in the third century B.C., the ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote about the rise and fall of the mythical city of Atlantis.
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How Long Does It Take To Read The Book Of Mormon?
For a small subset of Christians, there's a companion book that is as much a part of their doctrine as the Bible itself: the Book of Mormon.
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The Surprising Reason The Electric Chair Was Invented
The electric chair was meant to humanize executions. Here's the tragic event that inspired the invention of the now notorious contraption.
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What Life Was Like As A Print Worker In The Colonial Era
The first printing press came to Colonial America in 1638, and print workers during this era were as pivotal to communication as today's media outlets are.
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The Dark Origins Of The London Bridge Is Falling Down Nursery Rhyme
The meanings of nursery rhymes are often twisted or forgotten, creating a weird contrast of happy little children singing songs about deadly tragedies.
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Times Red Bull Got In Serious Trouble
Humans, being imperfect, sometimes bungle whatever it is they are trying to accomplish, and Red Bull's management has been no exception.
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How This Titanic Survivor Ended Up A Hero In Both World Wars
Among the Titanic survivors was Charles Lightoller, the oldest crew member to survive the tragedy and a witness during the American and British inquiries.
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How The CIA Used Shoelaces To Send Secret Coded Messages
As it was often necessary for CIA operatives to secretly communicate with one another, the agency developed a variety of codes for public information exchange.
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This Is How Murderer Ned Kelly Was Finally Caught
Australia has a folk hero who bears several similarities to America's Jesse James: Ned Kelly, an outlaw who lived from 1855 until 1880.
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What Might've Happened If Abraham Lincoln Survived His Assassination
What would have happened if former President Abraham Lincoln survived his assassination and the United States did not plunge into mourning?
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What Life Was Like For Ancient Carthaginians
When Rome was just a growing city, another force was dominating the shores of the Mediterranean: the Phoenicians, with their powerful city-state of Carthage.
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The Tragic Truth About The Nanking Massacre
While the Holocaust and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are widely discussed and taught in schools, the Nanking Massacre is less well-known.
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The Bible Is Actually A Library. Here's What You'll Find
The books of the Bible range in length from a few paragraphs to dozens of pages and were written in different languages at different times in history.
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