The oldest known non-clonal tree in the world stands in the White Mountains of Eastern California -- a bristlecone pine...
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Read moreChances are pretty good you’ve never heard of Button Gwinnett. While he signed the Declaration of Independence, he never achieved...
Read moreIn 1886, a mysterious creature was on the loose in Madison Valley, Montana. Mormon settler Israel A. Hutchins shot and...
Read morePrinted in 1931, Tintin in the Congo by Herge is today more famous for its racism than its whimsical adventures....
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Read moreThe Global Financial Crisis started in 2007 and lasted until 2008. It is considered one of the worst financial crises...
Read moreMicrosoft's revolutionary MS-DOS operating system was a essentially a ripoff -- a "Quick and Dirty" operating system that a 24-year-old...
Read moreSituated in Volusia County in Florida is the unorganized community of spiritualists, mediums, and astrologers known as Cassadaga. Branded the...
Read moreWe could have been calling Texans “New Filipinos." For much of its history, the state was called “Nuevas Filipinas” by...
Read moreAs the Chinese move to acquire pets, merchants have begun selling "counterfeit" dogs -- hapless, inbred mongrels dyed and subjected...
Read moreWind chill is a mathematically derived number designed to let us know what the outdoor temperature feels like to our...
Read moreDespite being one of the most difficult places on earth to reach, Mount Everest is plagued by trash, leftover gear,...
Read moreThe Huntsville Unit is Texas's most infamous prison, but its reputation didn't scare Federico Carrasco. In 1974, the incarcerated drug...
Read moreAn 1869 ride-along in a steam-powered car turned deadly when the vehicle arrived at a bend in the road. The...
Read moreMarie Antoinette was little more than a girl when she found herself a queen; it wasn't long before the boredom...
Read moreDespite the dangers, everyone in Tsovkra-1, a remote village in Dagestan, Russia, once walked a tightrope. Most still do---even the...
Read more"Doctor Who" celebrates its 50th anniversary today and is the longest-running sci-fi show in history -- a TV series that...
Read moreDuring World War I, members of the British intelligence service MI6 used, um, "bodily fluids" as invisible ink to pass...
Read moreAround A.D. 560, the earliest recorded copyright dispute in history erupted in Ireland. At stake was the ownership of a...
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