What Life Was Like For Women In Ancient India
In ancient India, women's roles have been subject to wide variation, with their rights gradually being withdrawn as time went by.
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The 2020 Olympics Could Be Canceled And Here's Why
For athletes preparing to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the limit might be coronavirus.
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What Was The World's First Website?
Thankfully, while the first website on Earth wasn't anything pretty, it also wasn't the sparkly mess that would overrun everybody's screens by the mid-'90s.
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How Much Ray Kroc Really Paid For McDonald's
How much did Ray Kroc, the founder of the modern McDonald's, pay to acquire this dynasty of trans fats?
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Why Some People Marry Inanimate Objects
Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer decried the fall of the Berlin Wall as a crime. "What they did was awful," she lamented. "They mutilated my husband."
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Here's How Much Money The Rockefellers Are Actually Worth Now
We're all at least passingly familiar with the name "Rockefeller." Here's how much the Rockefeller family is worth now.
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Will The Coronavirus Have A Deadly Second Wave Like The 1918 Influenza Pandemic Did?
Could COVID-19 could do what the 1918 influenza pandemic did and launch a dangerous second wave?
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The Truth About Pocahontas' Death
Pocahontas has become an inseparable part of the American lexicon. Here's the truth of Pocahontas' death.
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The Tragic Death Of SNL's Laurel Griggs
Aside from working on Broadway, Laurel Griggs acted in "Saturday Night Live" sketches for a couple of episodes in 2017, but she tragically died in 2019.
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Did Dorothea Puente Ever Confess To Her Murders?
At first glance, no one would think that a meek-looking grandmother like Dorothea Puente, running a boarding house, would be capable of being a serial killer.
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Here's How Much Peter Frampton Is Actually Worth
Peter Frampton's first few solo albums weren't as successful as he would have wanted, but that all changed in 1976, with "Frampton Comes Alive!"
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The Tragic Death Of Roxette's Marie Fredriksson
Swedish duo Roxette, well-known for hits like "It Must Have Been Love" and "Listen to Your Heart," dominated '80s airwaves but trouble was on the horizon.
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What You Didn't Know About Hetty Green's Marriage
Hetty Green, also known as the "Witch of Wall Street," was a successful businesswoman born to a well-established Massachusetts family in 1834.
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A Look At Poppy's Feud With Grimes
Poppy and Grimes worked on a song titled "Play Destroy," but less than two months after its release, the two singers were at odds.
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How Neil Peart Ended Up Writing Lyrics For Rush
The late Neil Peart was Rush's primary lyricist almost from the time he joined the band in 1974. Here's how the drummer ended up as Rush's main lyric writer.
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The Least Popular Member Of Black Sabbath Might Surprise You
A recent survey conducted by Grunge revealed the least popular original member of Black Sabbath, based on responses from 600 fans.
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The Tragedy Of Sisyphus In Greek Mythology Explained
While the image of Sisyphus rolling his boulder up the hill only for it to roll back down again is well known, other facets of his life remain obscure.
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The Role This Woman Played In The Conquest Of Tenochtitlan
She's derided as a traitor even to this day, but the truth about Malinche, the woman who translated for conquistador Hernan Cortes, is more complex than that.
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History's Darkest Forms Of Execution And Torture
People have spent millennia perfecting ways to torment, kill, and mutilate their enemies. Here are some of history's darkest forms of execution and torture.
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The Unexpected Heir To Pablo Escobar's Drug Cartel
His clock ran out and it all came crashing down. After a year on the run from Colombian authorities and American DEA agents, Escobar was killed in a shootout.
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The Story Behind Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville
Born in Mississippi and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Jimmy Buffett's signature song, "Margaritaville," was partially inspired by real events.
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The Most Dangerous Bridges In The World
The scariest bridges can be perfectly safe, and the most innocuous ones can be anything but.
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The True Details About Queen Elizabeth And Winston Churchill's Relationship
The former Prime Minister's daughter said that he looked forward to his Tuesday afternoon meetings with his sovereign, and wrote of his admiration for her.
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Christopher Scarver: Who Is The Man Who Killed Jeffrey Dahmer?
Scarver got to see more of Dahmer after both men were convicted murderers serving out life sentences together in the Columbia Correctional Institution.
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Why The Battle Of Bunker Hill Name Is Misleading
French fries aren't from France, red pandas are closer to raccoons, and cat burglars aren't stealing your feline. Even the Battle of Bunker Hill name is wrong.
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The Hidden Danger Of Bald Eagles You Never Knew About
Now that bald eagle populations are rebounding, people are starting to see a scarier side of them. They're attacking our pets!
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The Trick Ed Kemper Used To Make His Victims Feel Safe
At 6'9" tall, serial killer Ed Kemper was hardly inconspicuous — which may be why he devised a clever trick to make unsuspecting women drop their guard.
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