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Police checking the length of a swimsuit in 1920's
Got the measuring tape out and everything.
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Giant Maya Carvings Found in Guatemala.
Archaeologist Anya Shetler cleans an inscription below an ancient stucco frieze recently unearthed in the buried Maya city of Holmul in the Peten region of Guatemala. Sunlight from a tunnel entrance highlights the carved legs of a ruler sitting atop the head of a Maya mountain spirit.
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The Worst Shark Attack in History
In 1945, a U.S. naval ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine, but the ship's sinking was just the beginning of the sailors' nightmare.
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FBI re-opens 1964 stolen baby case after DNA proves wrong child was returned
An investigation into a stolen baby has been re-opened after DNA evidence showed someone else's child was returned to the missing infant’s parents nearly 50 years ago. The FBI told Chicago newspapers that they were re-investigating the case of Paul Fronczak, who was taken as a newborn from the city’s Michael Reese Hospital in 1964.
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Long-lost Orson Welles film is found in Italian warehouse
A long-lost film by Hollywood legend Orson Welles has been discovered in a warehouse in Italy, and will finally premier this Autumn – 75 years after it was made.
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Father and son missing for 40 years after Vietnam War found in forest
Ho Van Thanh and Ho Van Lang, a father and son missing for 40 years, were discovered living in a Vietnam forest.
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Jurassic squirrel's secret is out after 165m years
Discovery of furry animal with sharp teeth and poisonous spur provides more clues to the evolution of mammals.
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India lost 220 languages in last 50 years, survey finds
India has lost around 20% of its languages in the past five decades, a survey by the Vadodara-based Bhasha Research and Publication Centre has revealed.
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India's Forgotten Chinese Internment Camp
Following a brief border skirmish in 1962, India held 3,000 ethnic Chinese people in prison camps. A half-century later, survivors are still seeking justice.
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8 Amusingly Dated Vintage Drive-in Movie Theater Ads
Summer moviegoing has really lost a lot of its romance since the demise of the drive-in. Another thing it lost was a whole set of individually-tailored ads, some of which Internet Archive has thankfully preserved for us.
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5 literary movements that shook the world
The literary world may seem quiet and remote, sometimes, boxed away in libraries, but words have power, and their cumulative effect can rattle the world—culturally, politically and philosophically.
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Millikin professor had dark secret: He killed his family 46 years ago
A psychology professor at Downstate Millikin University killed his parents and sister 46 years ago when he was a teenager, a revelation that has jolted the bucolic liberal arts college that has employed him for nearly three decades and sparked calls for his resignation.
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Hip-Hop Turns 40
Writer Dart Adams looks back at the birth of hip-hop. He says that what started as a unifying party in the South Bronx is far from the music of major record labels and corporations we hear today.
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Taken: The coldest case ever solved
CNN series explores how cops cracked the coldest case ever solved: the 1957 kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph, 7.
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Watch a nuclear family explain the Internet in 1997
This educational video from 1997 will leave you reminiscing about AOL chat rooms.
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Tips on How to Become a Fossil.
Pick your burial spot carefully if you want future paleontologists to find you.
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Taken: The coldest case ever solved
Maria Ridulph was 7 when she was kidnapped from a street corner in Sycamore, Illinois, on December 3, 1957. Her murder went unsolved for half a century.
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17 Iconic First Issue Covers of Famous Magazines
Do you remember when you could get a copy of Time magazine for only 15 cents? You probably don't because that was nearly 100 years ago. Some of the magazines we read each day have been around for decades. As these magazines grow, they update their cover look and feel to move with the times. Can you…
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Evidence of Viking Outpost Found in Canada
Telltale blade sharpeners may be smoking guns in the quest for the New World's second known Viking site.
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Tired Of The Same Old Funeral? Try An Out-Of-This World Space Burial
The public's fascination with outer space travel has just beamed up a notch in what some might call a morbid manner.
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