Who Is Hosting The 2024 Olympics?
Whenever the Olympic Games are held, millions of people stay glued to their televisions to support their country's athletes. Who hosts in 2024?
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Rules Employees Of The British Royal Family Have To Follow
The British royal family has servants to do everything. However, working for the royals comes with very specific rules.
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The Deadliest Bridge Disasters In History
From railway bridges collapsing to pedestrian being thrown to watery deaths, these are the deadliest bridge disasters in history.
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The Stories Behind Some Of The World's Most Famous Diaries
To truly appreciate the world's most famous diaries, you need to understand them in context. Here's the stories behind some of the world's most famous journals.
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What The World's First Atomic Bomb Looked Like
The first atomic bomb was detonated in July 1945. Called "Gadget," it ushered in a new atomic age, and the fear that we'd all blow ourselves to smithereens.
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The Truth About The Longest Piano Masterpiece Ever Produced
The piece appears unspectacular at first glance, with a simple half-page of sheet music, but its composer added an impractical, ridiculous little caveat:
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The Dark Secret About Fidel Castro The US Government Tried To Hide
The government of the United States ultimately took matters to an extreme when it tasked the CIA with assassinating the revolutionary Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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Danny Trejo Recalls Bizarre Incident With Charles Manson In Jail
Trejo recently recounted to Page Six a bizarre experience involving none other than infamous cult leader and criminal Charles Manson.
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The US Government's Secret Plan To Build A Flying Saucer Explained
Did you know that we are not only looking for space creatures of celestial proportions, but have also sought to join them in their journeys through the stars?
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How One Vote Could Have Changed Everything In The Reconstruction Era
It was the death of an 1890 piece of legislation that arguably did the most damage during the Reconstruction Era.
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How Much Money Did Witch-Hunters Make?
Some witch-hunters were mercenaries, in it for the money. If it constituted a bona-fide profession, how much money was worth the suffering of thousands?
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This Weird Marriage Law Sounds Fake But Is Actually Real
People get married every day but most people don't have a collective consciousness of all the laws pertaining to marriage — and some are particularly odd.
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The US Government's Secret Grand Central Station Basement Explained
Grand Central is a well-known symbol of New York and the world's largest train terminal — but many don't know about its basement and the secrets it holds.
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The Unsolved Murder Of Jane Stanford
Although there are many details known about the circumstances of Jane Stanford's death, it is unclear who actually killed her.
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The Tragic Story Of The Ursuline Convent Riots
At around 11 p.m. on August 11, 1834, an angry mob of Protestants gathered and set fire to tar barrels outside the walls of the Ursuline Sisters' Convent.
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Details We Know About The Assassination Of Haitian President Jovenel Moise
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated in his home early Wednesday morning. Moïse and his wife were both shot, though she is expected to survive.
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The Truth About The Last Flight Of The Concorde
Many of us think of technological progress as an endless upward march leading to a future where anything is possible. This was not the case for the Concorde.
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The Tragic Death Of Leland And Jane Stanford's Son
In 1868, Leland and Jane Stanford welcomed their only child into the world. Though he would die before age 16, he nevertheless had a huge impact on the world.
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Thomas Edison Didn't Actually Invent The Lightbulb. Here's Why
Born in Ohio on February 11, 1847, Thomas Edison acquired over 1,000 patents, including for the light bulb, phonograph, and the first motion picture cameras.
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The Truth About Jekyll And Hyde's Connection To Jack The Ripper
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a story inspired by a nightmare in just three days. "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was released in January 1886.
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How Charles Dickens Really Felt About His Kids
Charles Dickens relationships with his ten children were complex. He was doting and patient in their childhoods but increasingly distant as they got older.
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The Tragic Death Of Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr became a successful attorney. He became vice-president in 1800, but would enter history as one of the most controversial political names in the U.S.
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The Tragic Death Of Lord Byron
While Byron represented the dark, brooding, romantic figure of that era, he was also a real-life hero, and his tragic death was in the service of freedom.
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The Truth About The Greatest Train Heist In History
A group described as "six masked men" held up a Union Pacific Flyer train. Two men threatened Engineer W.H. Jones with guns and demanded he stop the train.
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The Surprising Place Alcatraz Prison Guards Lived
Since it's located on an island, Alcatraz employees couldn't simply go home after a hard day's work. So, where did the prison guards and other employees live?
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Leonardo Da Vinci's DNA Search Has Just Led To Interesting Results
About 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci's death, researchers have produced a new genealogical DNA report on him that spans 21 generations.
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Here's How Many Victims Jerry Brudos Actually Had
Jerry Brudos was a serial killer with a distinct fetish for women's high-heeled shoes. This is how many victims he had (and how many deaths he is suspected of).
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