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How Cereal Transformed American Culture
More than a century ago, Christian fundamentalists invented cereal to promote a healthy lifestyle free of sin. Little did they know, their creation would eventually be used to promote everything from radio and cartoons to Mr. T and tooth decay.
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1938 Police Shootout, Los Angeles
Feb. 17, 1938: Tear gas drifts from a home in the 1700 block of East 22nd Street as Los Angeles police trade gunfire with barricaded suspect George Farley. The bodies of a deputy city marshal and his helper — shot and killed by Farley as they tried to serve an eviction notice on him — lie in front of the barricaded home. Killed were Deputy Marshal T. Dwight Crittenden and Leon W. Romer, both 60.
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Europe court criticises Russia over Katyn massacre inquiry
The European Court of Human Rights says Russia has failed to explain why it kept key files secret when it investigated the 1940 Katyn massacre of more than 20,000 Polish war prisoners.
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Zenobia: Empress of the East, How a Prince Became a Princess
Quick Sex Change in Etruria
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10 Future Stars Who Appeared on '80s Crime Shows
Long before these stars were even a twinkle in a tabloid editor's eye, they built their resumes by guest starring in '80s crime shows.
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A Look Inside the Russian Spacesuit Factory
The town of Tomilino, some 16 miles southeast of Moscow, is rather unassuming about its role in the history of space exploration. A snack kiosk and a shaky sign for a bus stop are about all there is to greet a visitor getting off the commuter train. There is no statue of the world's first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, in his bright-orange spacesuit waving to earthlings after his successful l
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300-Year Drought Was Downfall of Ancient Greece
A 300-year drought may have caused the fall of the great Mediterranean civilizations, including ancient Greece and the Hittite Empire, during the late Bronze Age, new research suggests.
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Mike Tyson: My Life As a Young Thug
I often say that I was the bad seed in the family, but when I think about it, I was really a meek kid for most of my childhood.
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Down the mine. 1890.
Miners in the pits at Bargoed, near Cardiff, waiting to go up to the surface.
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How Many Countries Are There?
Very insightful video about our planet's borders.
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How did ancient Greek music really sound?
The music of ancient Greece, unheard for thousands of years, is being brought back to life by Armand D'Angour, a musician and tutor in classics at Oxford University. He describes what his research is discovering.
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5 times the U.S. government interfered in the world of sports
The results are about as mixed as you would expect
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The 50 Greatest Breakthroughs Since the Wheel
Why did it take so long to invent the wheelbarrow? Have we hit peak innovation? What our list reveals about imagination, optimism, and the nature of progress.
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Before # Was a Hashtag
With the abundance of hashtags we see on social media, it's almost impossible to remember how they all got started. If you forget, the # symbol starting out representing a number, or at least the battleground for an epic match of Tic Tac Toe. Soon after, we started using the character to help our music…
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Why Electric Vehicles Have Stalled
Last week, a significant milestone came and went with surprisingly little fanfare: the fortieth anniversary of the day, in 1973, that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries placed an embargo on oil exports to the United States. The embargo was in response to assistance the U.S. gave Israel during the Yom Kippur War, but its effects have lasted much longer than that three-week event.
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Why does the mummy’s curse refuse to die?
It came from an Egyptian tomb... Well no, actually, it didn’t. But once a myth lurches into life, there’s no stopping it
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The Evolution of Western Dance Music
An Interactive Graphic Showing The Evolution of Western Dance Music Over The Last 100 Years in Under 20 seconds.
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The Craziest Multi-Tool Ever Made Kills in 100 Different Ways
A brief history of the most badass Swiss Army knife in the world.
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The area of outstanding beauty remade by man
A year after the first case of ash dieback in mature woodland - and with the disease spreading inexorably - experts are looking at ways to future-proof forests.
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4 possible scientific explanations for ghosts
The first ghost story dates back to Pliny the Younger in the first century A.D., who wrote of an old man with a long beard and rattle haunting his home in Athens. Spooky stuff. But it's odd to think that ghosts, or at least the idea of them, have endured for two millennia.
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