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The Woman Who Stopped Adolf Hitler From Committing a Suicide

Helene Hanfstaengl saved Hitler’s life…

The Last Person to Hold the Title of Pharaoh

The death of little-known Roman Emperor Maximinus Daza…

Teddy Roosevelt Gave a Speech With a Bullet In His Chest

It’s another reason why he’s a badass

The Mystery Of the Mississippians

Where did the mound builders go?

The Spot Where You Could Sail Off The Edge of the World

The end of the Earth was, and still is, an…

The World’s Most Famous Dolls Hail From Small Town America

Raggedy Ann and Andy to be exact

The Mellified Man — Human Mummy Medicine

Would you eat a hundred years old human flesh saturated with…

A Deadly Frilly Dress: The Cause of Hollywood Actor’s Atypical Death On Set

The tragic story of Martha…

Dorothy Gale Has Illinois Roots

There’s no place like home

The Accidental Discovery of Viagra — The Drug That Changed the Way We Have Sex

During the clinical…

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