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The “Lady of the Dunes” Was Found Murdered in 1974. Nearly 50 Years Later, She Got Her Name Back

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The Horrific History of Child Cannibalism in the Congo

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In May 1888, near the village of Rikakiba on the Congo River, James Sligo Jameson sat with Zanzibari slave trader…

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Grady Stiles Jr., the “Lobster Boy,” Killed His Daughter’s Fiancé in 1978. Years Later, His Own Family Had Him Murdered

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History

The Horrific History of Child Cannibalism in the Congo

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The Salton Sea Became California’s Biggest Lake, Then Turned Into a Slow Disaster

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Lore about the Salton Sea claims that it was an engineering mistake in the early 20th century, after officials dug…

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Anatoli Bugorski Survived a 1978 Proton Beam to the Head and Kept Working Like Nothing Happened

By 1978, 36-year-old Anatoli Bugorski had a solid reputation as a particle physicist at the…

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A Swedish Covid Study Found That Attractive Female Students Lost Their Grade Advantage Online

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Hisashi Ouchi Was Caught in Japan’s 1999 Tokaimura Nuclear Accident and Survived for 83 Days

On September 30, 1999, Hisashi Ouchi, Masato Shinohara, and their supervisor, Yutaka Yokohawa, worked on…

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Project West Ford Was a Wild Cold War Plan in 1963 to Wrap Earth in Copper Needles

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