The Copper Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, supposedly details the whereabouts of a huge hoard of treasure. The problem is, no one knows how to read it.
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The tulsi plant is highly significant in Hindu culture. Here's why some Hindu homes have four deities surrounding their tulsi plant.
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The Easter sunrise service is a staple of the Easter holiday, but what is it and why is it observed? This is the Biblical origin of the Easter sunrise service.
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Tecumseh's Curse has allegedly plagued U.S. presidents for over a century, dooming presidents elected in years ending with zero to an untimely death.
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In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, there was only one question on a lot of Americans' minds: Could we have prevented this?
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The Soviet invasion was neither the beginning nor the end of Afghanistan's occupied history. Here's what happened during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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The true story behind Texas Chain Saw Massacre is much stranger and more gruesome than fiction could ever be.
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Choosing the biggest news story from any given year is tough. Do you go with number of headlines generated, or historical significance?
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Aardakh was one of the many forced deportations the Soviet Union enacted against ethnic minorities. Here's the tragic truth about Stalin's Aardakh deportations.
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You've probably always believed some of these common misconceptions and false facts about ancient religions.
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Hugh B. Cott was a zoologist who launched a study in which a panel of three people tried hundreds of types of eggs to test their palatability to humans.
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Extrajudicial killings are nothing new in the history of Israel. But the Bus 300 affair showed how far the Shin Bet was willing to go to protect its own.
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There are an estimated 70 million homeless cats and dogs in the United States alone and between 200 and 600 million worldwide. Spike was one of them.
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Gouverneur Morris was one of the Founding Fathers as New York's representative. Morris was plagued with health problems. Here is how a whalebone killed Morris.
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Here are some brutal cold cases that seem destined to remain cold as Pluto forever.
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The Bible can sometimes appear entirely at odds with archeological records — or even itself. Here are some parts of the Bible that don't make sense.
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People are dying on Mount Everest kind of a lot. Here's why Mount Everest is claiming so many lives.
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It would be easy to think all of Star Wars Jedi secrets have been gleaned from that galaxy far, far away. But here are some fake ones that slipped through.
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No one uses these words that were once very popular, but maybe we should bring some of them back!
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There have been plenty of times that prophets have spoken about the end of the world. Here are the scariest apocalypses predicted throughout history.
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These messed up things may have happened in New Orleans' history. We may never know.
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How should we remember Wyatt Earp -- or anyone? At their worst? Or their best?
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Not all bands stay together. That's when bands bring in replacement musicians. Most unfortunate musician replacements in rock history.
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A Celtic queen named Boudica was a badass warrior. Here is the crazy story of the life and death of the Celtic warrior queen Boudica.
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The Native Americans had some super creepy fables to get children to behave and warn people away from cultural taboos.
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Radium is pretty darn cool. Unfortunately, it is also deadly — as the so-called Radium Girls would find out. This is the messed up truth about the Radium Girls.
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Why would such a seemingly powerful global force as Spain hand over a significant piece of its lands, the Florida territory, to the U.S. in 1819?
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