The Not-So-Secret Residents Of The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
It’s been almost 30 years since the infamous Chernobyl disaster converted its surrounding areas to some of the most contaminated ...
Read moreIt’s been almost 30 years since the infamous Chernobyl disaster converted its surrounding areas to some of the most contaminated ...
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Read moreEven though he was a physicist, Albert Einstein was a celebrity during his lifetime. He was so concerned about the ...
Read moreThere's a group of rats that are working hard to get rid of their rather negative image, and they're doing ...
Read moreUnable to do manual labor at a Columbus, Ohio, warehouse after her hysterectomy, Kimberly Thompson, 43, went on welfare to ...
Read moreIn 1879, the USS Jeannette and her crew of 33 set sail from San Francisco with the dream of making ...
Read moreIn 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer took a post at the head of London's wool trade. It was such a corrupt position ...
Read moreExcept for the Vatican, St. Anthony's Chapel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has the largest collection of sacred relics of the Catholic ...
Read moreIn order to promote his new product, Shredded Wheat, Henry Perky published a cookbook that touted the benefits of his ...
Read morePrayer beads are used in some cultures as part of religious rituals. Many of the beads are made of plastic ...
Read moreAfter your mid-twenties, your brain will begin to shrink. Some cognitive decline, such as forgetfulness, is inevitable if you live ...
Read moreThe Salvation Army was founded in the 19th century to help the needy and promote a Christian lifestyle. But they ...
Read moreOne of the greatest oceanographers in history, Walter Munk was the scientific genius behind the success of the brave men ...
Read moreAsk anyone who doesn't like cats and you'll hear them testify that they're standoffish, only occasionally sociable, and would be ...
Read moreAt a time when the technology was still in its infancy, notorious British smuggler Tom Johnson hatched a plan to ...
Read moreThe Belavezha Accords, the agreement that officially dissolved the Soviet Union in 1991, is missing. The loss wasn't discovered until ...
Read moreSunni and Shia are the two primary sects of the Muslim religion. They follow most of the same tenets but ...
Read moreIn 1796, English doctor Edward Jenner discovered the power of vaccination by using cowpox serum to protect healthy people against ...
Read moreMusic has long been tied to culture more than to science, but when researchers decided to take a good, hard ...
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