Why Ferdinand Magellan Was Considered A Traitor To His Home Country
Ferdinand Magellan approached Portugal's King Manuel repeatedly to ask him to fund a westward voyage to the Spice Islands, to no avail.
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We Could Have Avoided The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Here's How
The BP oil spill was a gargantuan disaster, but it could have been totally avoided if the company had done a better job. Here's what could have happened.
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The One Object In Our Solar System That Has Been Both A Planet And An Asteroid
Most of the time, planets, asteroids, and other celestial objects are all properly classified, but there are times that things can change.
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Here's Who Inherited Amy Winehouse's Money After She Died
On July 23, 2011, Winehouse was found dead at home from accidental alcohol poisoning. Winehouse did not have a will. Her net worth was around $4.66 million.
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How Long Would It Take To Walk Across The Moon?
The circumference of the moon at its equator is 6,783 miles, or roughly the distance between Miami, Florida, and Tehran, Iran.
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This Is The Best And The Worst Path You Can Choose In Netflix's Escape The Undertaker
Here are the best and worst paths to take in Netflix's new interactive film Escape The Undertaker.
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How A Surfing Accident Changed John Wayne's Career
It's hard to imagine John Wayne hanging ten, catching the big one, and riding the wave in like a gunslinger chasing down a band of outlaws - but he did.
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Why Florida Would Have Never Been A State Without John Quincy Adams
Anyone who has enjoyed the warm, beautiful beaches of Florida owes thanks to John Quincy Adams, as his talks with Spain changed the geography of the U.S.
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The Real Reason Alfred Kinsey Collected Millions Of Wasps
It is almost unthinkable that one person could collect — by hand — seven-and-a-half million of anything without it being the work of a whole lifetime.
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Here Is Why Some Scholars Think God Had A Wife
By "God," researcher Stavrakopoulou means specifically Yahweh, the God of Ancient Israel from whom many modern formulations of the Almighty are derived.
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What The Bible Really Says About Beards
Some of the Bible's teachings about facial hair and head hair are actually rather vague, and in the cases when they're specific.
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Here's What The Bible Really Says About Going To A Psychic
Depending on what Bible you reference, mediums, spiritualists, necromancers, and their ilk are all verboten. Despite that, 1 in 5 Americans have visited one.
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The Real Reason The Segway Was A Failure
The Segway was supposed to change the way we move around cities. Instead, it became the butt of endless jokes and sad ironies. Here's why it was a failure.
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The Oldest Manuscript In The Vatican Archives Might Surprise You
The secretive Vatican Archive is, on the surface at least, a place where the personal records of the pope can be archived and stored.
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The NYC Skyscraper That Almost Demolished Midtown Manhattan
What if we were to tell you that an almost equally bad disaster involving the Citicorp Center building in Midtown Manhattan was averted years earlier?
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Messed Up Things We Learned From The Facebook Whistleblower
In the last few years, social media giant Facebook has been marred with a lot of controversy, and they're not just minuscule conflicts, either.
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The Ten Commandments Explained
The Ten Commandments are fundamental in Judaism and Christianity. Here's what the commandments mean in a modern context.
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The Surprising Reason Albert Einstein And Yoda Are Connected
Yoda sculptor Stuart Freeborn created the facial features of the Jedi Master using his own face, as well as Albert Einstein's.
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States With The Most Endangered Species
The list of endangered species is in constant flux, but more species seem to be going extinct than recovering. Here are states with the most endangered species.
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The Real Meaning Of The Undertaker's Tattoos
The Undertaker has several tattoos covering his body, and they have sentimental meanings behind them.
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Why Johann Sebastian Bach Once Brawled With His Students
Johanne Sebastian Bach got into a physical altercation with one of his students whose bassoon-playing skills he berated.
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How Much Money Does Facebook Lose Every Hour It's Down?
Social media platform Facebook loses millions of dollars every hour it's down and inaccessible to users.
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This Sport Blinded Teddy Roosevelt In One Eye
Captain Meade didn't know he had caused the injury until President Roosevelt revealed it in his autobiography 12 years later. The extent of it was hidden.
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The Truth About Vladimir Putin's Black Belt
Many know Russian President Vladimir Putin as a former KGB agent, a prominent politician for over two decades, and arranging his own public relations photo ops.
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What You Didn't Know About Martin Luther King Jr.'s Love For Star Trek
"Intolerance in the 23rd Century? Improbable!" Gene Roddenberry, the creator of "Star Trek," is quoted as saying in the 1968 book "The Making of Star Trek."
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The Personal Holiday John D. Rockefeller Created
One of the richest men to ever live, and certainly one of the richest Americans to ever live, was John D. Rockefeller, who celebrated his own personal holiday.
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How Many Trips Did Explorer Robert Peary Make To The Arctic?
The 19th century Arctic explorer generally credited with leading the first expedition to reach the North Pole is naval officer Rear Adm. Robert Edwin Peary.
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