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Black Saturday Cuban Missile Crisis: Closest to Nuclear War
October 27, 1962 was the most dangerous day of the Cold War: a shootdown, a near nuclear launch, and a miracle of restraint on…
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Victor Lustig Eiffel Tower Scam: Sold It Twice
The victor lustig eiffel tower scam: how a con man 'sold' the Eiffel Tower for scrap in 1925, tried again, then ended in Alcatraz.…
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Voynich Manuscript Mystery: The Book No One Can Read
The Voynich manuscript mystery endures after 600 years: a 15th-century book in an unknown script that no codebreaker has ever read. Here is what…
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The History of Trick-or-Treating: Samhain to Candy
The history of trick-or-treating runs from Celtic Samhain and medieval souling to guising and modern candy. Discover how the doorstep tradition began.
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Great Emu War Australia: How Birds Beat the Army
Great Emu War Australia: in 1932, soldiers with machine guns faced 20,000 emus in Western Australia and lost. The true, hilarious story of birds…
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D.B. Cooper Ransom Money Auction: $134,200 Sale
A torn $20 from the D.B. Cooper ransom money auction sold for $134,200. Inside the 1971 skyjacking, the Tena Bar bills, and the six-figure…
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Amelia Earhart Purdue Expedition: Trees, Not a Plane
The Amelia Earhart Purdue expedition reached Nikumaroro in October 2026 to examine the Taraia Object. What they found was not her Electra — it…
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The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and in Nagasaki on August 9. He is the only person officially recognized as surviving…
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The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope Put a Corpse on Trial
In January 897, Pope Stephen VI had his predecessor's corpse exhumed, robed, and put on trial in Rome. The true story of the Cadaver…
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1,000-Year-Old Skeleton in Roman Coffin Identified at Last
A 1,000-year-old skeleton in a Roman coffin at Westminster Abbey is finally identified: a medieval abbot, buried in a tomb 600 years older than…
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