The Messed Up History Of Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the deadliest infections a human can get. Here's the messed up history.
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Why NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Can't Stand Michael Jordan
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's career was waning as Jordan's was just beginning to take flight, and their teams played very rarely. The legendary Laker has his own unique reasons for not wanting to be like Mike, and they have nothing to do with b-ball.
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The Truth About Kamala Harris And Jill Biden's Relationship
Kamala Harris already knew the Biden family well before the 2020 presidential race. During her time as California Attorney General from 2011-2017, she worked closely with the Bidens' son Beau, who served as the Attorney General of Delaware from 2007 until his tragic death from brain cancer in 2015.
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The Untold Truth Of Kamala Harris And Joe Biden's Relationship
Kamala Harris's friendship with Biden's late son, Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015, and their mutual grief over the loss, helped mend the rocky relationship. The Guardian reports that to Harris, Beau was an "incredible friend and colleague." Both served as state attorneys general.
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This Is Why Benjamin Harrison Was Afraid Of Electricity
Harrison made a key update to the historical White House: Namely, he ordered electric power to be installed. Harrison himself, however, wanted nothing to do with electricity or electric lights. Or at least, he wanted nothing to do with the lights' switches.
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The Time Don King Tried To Unite North And South Korea Through A Boxing Match
Don King was a man of singular initiative. In 2012, then 81-year-old King spoke with CNN about his plans for uniting North and South Korea via "a boxing and music event in North Korea," saying, "This came about by me thinking about Korea and feeling that Korea, that it should be one Korea."
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The Truth About Miami's Stone Circle
When the remaining sections of the earth were uncovered, Riggs was right. The dig revealed a perfect circle, right in the middle of downtown Miami. The circle is made up of a ring of 24 smaller basins, cut into the limestone bedrock, that combine to form a full circle that is 38 feet in diameter.
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The Truth About The Proud Boys
During the debacle that was the first 2020 U.S. presidential debate, President Trump refused to condemn white supremacy in America, instead appearing to endorse far-right group the Proud Boys. But, who are the Proud Boys? This is the truth about the Proud Boys.
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The Mystery Behind The Big Circles
The circles were first spotted by aircraft in 1920 by a British commander named Lionel Rees, relates The Washington Post. Rees wrote about the three circles he saw for the journal Antiquity but, despite how mysterious the rings were, they inspired little research until a photography project.
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The One Thing Elon Musk Is Most Terrified Of
There is one thing that keeps tech billionaire Elon Musk up at night, and it's not spiders or ghosts or dying in a fiery hyperloop accident. This is the one thing Elon Musk is most terrified of.
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The Truth About Elon Musk's Relationship With His Father
Elon Musk described his childhood as "miserable," claiming that his dad was capable of carrying out "evil" deeds.
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The Truth About Abraham Lincoln's Inventions
Lincoln is not just a good politician; he was also something of an inventor, dabbling in mechanical creativity. And he even managed a patent for one of his inventions, said Time Magazine, the first (and so far, only) president to hold a patent.
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This Is The Only Living Person Who Knows The Recipe For Campari
The unusual liqueur has been around since 1860, when Milan-based café owner Gaspare Campari bottled some of the stuff in his basement, as recounted by Saveur. Its candied vermilion hue, spiced yet bitter taste retains a refined, unique quality that beckons the drinker to challenge their senses.
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The Truth About Calvin Coolidge's Strange Obsession With Vaseline
Besides Vaseline in particular, Coolidge had some interesting ideas about health in general. The website Medicare Supplement ranks him as the 22nd healthiest president in history, earning a grade of C and receiving the dubious distinction of "pickiest eater of all presidents."
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Leopold And Loeb: The Truth About America's Original Evil Geniuses
Loeb wanted to make the newspapers with a crime so sensational that the press couldn't help but take notice. Although Leopold would later claim that he only went along with the plan "to please Dick" (via PBS), he had his own interest in committing the perfect crime.
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What You Didn't Know About The Religion Based On The Big Lebowski
Is it such a stretch for a movie like The Big Lebowski to inspire some sort of life credo? Think about it for a second. How bad could a religion be that brings the laid-back teachings of "The Dude" to life?
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The Strange Prediction Made About 21st Century Women
"The woman of the year 2000 will be an outsize Diana, anthropologists and beauty experts predict. She will be more than six feet tall, wear a size 11 shoe, have shoulders like a wrestler and muscles like a truck driver." According to Roe, women would have "Amazonian" proportions.
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The Incredible True Story Of The Texas Rangers
While a "day in the life of" may not be as glamorous as Chuck Norris delivering roundhouse kicks to the jaws of '90s TV ruffians, the small cadre of elite Texan police plays an actual, prominent role in the state's law enforcement and criminal investigation, kind of like a Texas-only FBI.
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The Reason Why Pythagoras Might Not Have Been Real
The majority of people who've never taken a philosophy class have a hard time naming -- or caring about, for that matter -- more than a handful of philosophers, but any middle school student could tell you who Pythagoras was. He was the guy with the triangles. All of the "a²+b²=c²" nonsense.
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What It Was Really Like On New Year's, 1000 AD
The beginning of a new year has always been cause for celebration, introspection, and superstition, but as we saw in 1999 when Y2K was a thing, it's also a time for fear, uncertainty, and doubt. It wasn't so different 1,000 years ago. Here's what it was really like on New Year's, 1000 AD.
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What Life Was Like For Doctors In The Wild West
Living in the Wild West wasn't easy, but doctors did their best to save their patients. Here's what life was like for doctors in the Wild West.
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Why It Took 138 Days To Decide The Winner Of The 1981 Indy 500
"Maybe I didn't deserve to win the race, but neither did he," Andretti told Motor Trend Magazine. "The rule was clear, and a rule is a rule. Bobby won the race, but he cheated winning it. There's an asterisk next to that one." But it wasn't that simple.
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The Truth About The Stonehenge Replica In Lake Michigan
ZME Science reported in 2017 that they used sonar technology to uncover sunken boats, cars, a Civil War-era pier and structures that looked like boulders arranged similarly to those found in England's Stonehenge -- where about 100 stones stand in a circle.
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The Details About Indonesia's Mysterious Stone Statues
They date back to about the 14th Century, but very little else is known about them and "the skill and genius of a civilization that we know ... nothing about."
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Sun Tzu May Never Have Existed. Here's Why.
If there was ever a book for both military leaders and businessmen alike, it's The Art of War by the Chinese philosopher and strategist Sun Tzu. His writings detailed the Chinese army's military strategies, including information on weapons and the importance of intelligence tactics.
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The Strange Prediction Made About 21st Century Men
Science fiction has been successfully and very unsuccessfully predicting the future since its conception. Futurism was once a wacky, fun thing to talk about. Will we have jetpacks and be kicking it with aliens while we travel the universe? Now, of course, the predictions are much darker. Or weirder.
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Why King Arthur Might Not Have Been Real
For many people, King Arthur is more than just a character in an epic poem, they believe he must be a real historical figure. After all, the Arthurian legend has been told over several generations.
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