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Read moreFrom 1945 to 1955, Swedish researchers subjected uninformed patients of Vipeholm Mental Hospital to a series of tests to determine...
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Read moreBetween 1904 and 1907, the German army conspired to commit genocide against the Herero and Nama people of present-day Namibia,...
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Read moreJoseph Bolitho Johns, or Moondyne Joe, was born in Wales sometime around 1820. After committing petty theft, he was sent...
Read moreDuring the 1950s, Borneo was overrun with rats, an unintended consequence of huge DDT sprays that aimed to kill malaria-spreading...
Read moreParrots are known for being brightly colored, often cheerful, fruit and nut eaters. However, there are always exceptions in the...
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Read moreIn Palermo, Sicily, there is a place that is every bit as spooky as it is fascinating: the Capuchin Catacombs,...
Read moreVastly wealth parents have found a loophole to jump to the front of the line in Disney World's rides by...
Read moreOn October 24, 1944 one of the most successful, destructive submarines of World War II fired the last torpedo it...
Read moreIn 1914, celebrated architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s grand estate, Taliesin, was burnt to the ground by a servant named Julian...
Read moreWhile they seem harmless enough, every known species of octopus and cuttlefish, and some species of squid, are venomous.
Read moreIn April 1942, the Allied forces in Bataan fell to the Japanese after a four-month siege. The following 105-kilometer (65...
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