The Truth About The World's Largest Active Volcano
Rising 13,100 feet above sea level, Hawaii's Mauna Loa is the undisputed world champion when it comes to both size and activity.
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How Pollution Could Help NASA Find Aliens
Scientists have developed a new theory that may help us track down other civilizations living in the cosmos — a theory centered on pollution.
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How The CIA Used Shoelaces To Send Secret Coded Messages
As it was often necessary for CIA operatives to secretly communicate with one another, the agency developed a variety of codes for public information exchange.
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What Life Was Like As An Apothecary In The Colonial Era
One of the most common trade workers in the Colonial era was the apothecary, who had various skills and performed medical treatments and surgeries.
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This Is How Murderer Ned Kelly Was Finally Caught
Australia has a folk hero who bears several similarities to America's Jesse James: Ned Kelly, an outlaw who lived from 1855 until 1880.
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How One Person Managed To Escape A North Korean Prison Camp
On January 2, 2005, a young man named Shin Dong-hyuk managed to escape North Korea's Camp 14, where he witnessed many atrocities.
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What Might've Happened If Abraham Lincoln Survived His Assassination
What would have happened if former President Abraham Lincoln survived his assassination and the United States did not plunge into mourning?
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Tragic Details About Classic Country Musicians
Quite a few of the biggest names in country music had to deal with hardship in their life. Here are some tragic details about classic country musicians.
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The Real Reason Jeff Bezos Is Suing NASA
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sued NASA because the contract he wanted was awarded to his rival Elon Musk. Here's why Bezos thinks the deal was unfair.
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The Untold Truth Of Jackie Chan's Drug Lord Mother
Jackie Chan is one of the most prolific action movie stars in the world. Born in Hong Kong, Chan became famous for impressive martial arts and comedy skills.
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What Life Was Like For Ancient Carthaginians
When Rome was just a growing city, another force was dominating the shores of the Mediterranean: the Phoenicians, with their powerful city-state of Carthage.
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What Really Happens If You Try To Open A Plane Door Mid-Flight?
Passengers have been known to take out their anger on other passengers or on the plane's crew, but sometimes, they take out their anger on the aircraft itself.
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The Tragic Truth About The Nanking Massacre
While the Holocaust and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are widely discussed and taught in schools, the Nanking Massacre is less well-known.
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The Bible Is Actually A Library. Here's What You'll Find
The books of the Bible range in length from a few paragraphs to dozens of pages and were written in different languages at different times in history.
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Terrifying Historical Examples Of Mass Psychosis
Did you know the human brain is so fragile that entire social structures can collapse, giving way to a phenomenon known as mass psychosis or mass hysteria?
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How Many Olympic Medals Does Caitlyn Jenner Have?
Jenner decided to pursue decathlon athletics -- a competition that includes a variety of track events. This would earn her a chance to compete in the Olympics.
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The Truth About Caitlyn Jenner's Car Racing Career
Long before she was "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and co-heading the multibillion-dollar Jenner clan, Caitlyn Jenner was one of the world's finest athletes.
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The Truth About Plastic-Eating Fungi
Plastic-eating fungi appear to be a possible solution to the world's pollution problem. But will we all be feeding our trash to fungi in the future?
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This Is What Happens To Your Body If You Die Underwater
Forensics Digest explains that, here on land, the decomposition of a human body occurs in several stages. But what happens to dead bodies left underwater?
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The Untold Truth Of The Death Squad Diary
Though the Guatemalan government denied having any involvement with some people disappearing, the "Death Squad Diary" revealed that this was not true.
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What The Bible Really Says About Adultery
Adultery is a sensitive topic in relationships. Unsurprisingly, it is a recurring topic in the Bible, appearing 52 times in the Old and New Testaments.
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Inside The Paranoid Mind Of King Henry VII
As with all kings who took their thrones through conquest, the reign of Henry VII began, on paper at least, in a blaze of glory.
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Inside The Most Expensive Yacht Ever Sold
Billionaires are seemingly always seeking to top one another (and themselves) when it comes to buying jaw-droppingly expensive and ridiculous objects.
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Here's What Would Happen If The Oceans Were All Made Of Fresh Water
With one of humanity's most vital resources being so scarce, it begs the question: What if the amounts of salt water and fresh water on Earth were flipped?
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The Truth About Pelorus Jack
In the latter part of the 1880s, sea captains began noticing a dolphin hanging around the entrance of Cook Strait and named him Pelorus Jack.
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Disturbing Details Found In The Heaven's Gate Victims' Autopsy Reports
The Heaven's Gate mass suicide shocked the world in March 1997. The bodies of 39 cult members were found, and the autopsies told a harrowing tale.
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What You Might Not Know About The Roman Catholic Secret Society
When Pope Clement XII banned Catholics from joining the Freemasons, Clemens August of Wittelsbach, the Elector of Cologne, created his own secret society.
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