Camelot. Few names in the public domain evoke the same reaction in the imaginations of the young at heart, nor the same public displays of musical number memorization from British comedy nerds. More than just a place, it represented an ideal: The best and noblest of man's potential, turned real.
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The University of Cambridge's Gonville and Caius College has a rather grim connection to a mysterious 16th-century epidemic. Symptoms kicked off with abrupt feelings of dread followed by headaches, neck pain, a profuse cold sweat, delirium and giddiness. Often, people died within eighteen hours.
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic came along, the gig economy was already a treacherous road for drivers to travel. But things have only gotten worse for Uber. Here's how much they've lost so far.
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Queens of the Stone Age is one of the great survivors of the nineties rock scene. Formed in 1996 on the foundations of stoner-rock cult outfit Kyuss, according to AllMusic, the hard-rocking band not only flourished, but actually shot to the major leagues in the 2000s ...
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Facebook has magnanimously decided not to needlessly endanger its employees. Good job.
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Despite creating the holiday, Anna Jarvis was aghast at what it had come to represent, ultimately fighting to have it abolished, before the task eventually took its toll.
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From everyday decisions to tracking apps, here are some truly creepy things about living in China.
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iPhone. iPod. iPad. iOS. iWork. iTunes. iPhoto. The modern society is so inundated with Apple's admittedly pretty neat "i" products and apps that it's hard to avoid mentally associating a product with that particular letter. But what does the "i" in iPhone really stand for?
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Amazon worker horror stories are nothing new, but low wages are merely one of the worst things about being an Amazon employee.
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From his humble musical beginnings as a folk duo with Stevie Nicks to his illustrious career in Fleetwood Mac and assorted solo albums, Lindsey Buckingham has been an important part of the pop culture tapestry for decades. Here's how much that music career has earned him.
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A cult leader's first convert is themselves. No matter how obviously skeevy or devious they may seem to outside observers, the leader remains the hallowed object of self-worship, and their own most zealous believer.
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Apple has taken a hit during the pandemic, but you may be surprised to find just how serious it actually was.
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Before David Koresh went from plucking guitar strings to pulling all the strings as a cult leader, he added a drummer to his band of believers. That drummer was David Thibodeau.
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Amazon Vice President Tim Bray found the company's actions so distasteful that he protested by resigning.
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On 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue sits a mansion unfit for a king, and that's a good thing. America already had a King George, and he taxed colonists' nerves so much that they told him to shove his tea right up his rear harbor during the Revolutionary War. So, it must have felt hella uncomfortable ...
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Queen Elizabeth II: She's iconic. She's universally known. She has not once, to the best of anyone's knowledge, beheaded a traitor with a broadsword and forced his followers to clean the blood from her throne with their tongues.
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Robert Hanssen's fellow FBI agents dubbed him "the mortician" because his trademark dark suits matched his gloomy demeanor... but his secret life was even darker than the name implied... Hanssen was a Russian spy.
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A 1932 edition of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf has switched hands a couple of times in the last few years, and luckily for any antisemite coupon clippers out there, the price has just kept going down.
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While most people use their mobile phones to tell the time, watches are still coveted accessories, especially luxury watches. Cartier makes some of the most expensive luxury watches available. But why?
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"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em," said Shakespeare. Whether that greatness is actually thrust or not, UPS drivers are encouraged and trained to be nothing less than great. And that means boot camp.
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Muhammad Ali is arguably the world's most famous boxer, but for years, he was denied the right to fight and stripped of his titles. The reason? He refused to fight in the Vietnam War due to his beliefs.
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Starfleet boldly goes where no one has gone before, but the Ferengi boldly sell what no one has sold before. The money-grubbing, somewhat-laughable Star Trek villains have been around for a while, but if you stop and think about it, the Ferengi are pretty messed up.
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Some five stories beneath the most populous city in France lies a grim reminder of man's capacity to expand beyond his means: a series of tunnels, stacked floor to ceiling with the remains of the dead -- the Paris catacombs.
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Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon were married for about 23 years before Henry, frustrated with their inability to produce a male heir, decided to break with the Catholic Church and thereby have his marriage annulled.
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Why do people get goosebumps? Because R.L. Stine is and always has been the preeminent voice of a generation, a compelling author with a lot to say about society, the political process, and man's unfathomable capacity to say "cheese" and die. But what about physical goosebumps?
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President Ulysses S. Grant's claim to fame was taking command of the Union forces during the American Civil War, personally chosen by President Abraham Lincoln to defeat the Confederacy. Defeat them he did, and then he became president. But his presidency was rocked by scandal...
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It would be silly to deny that COVID-19 contributed to a drop in Apple iPhone sales, but it's arguably lazy to blame the trend on the pandemic. There are other reasons why there may be an iPhone shortage this year.
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