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Video Of The Day: Mesmerizing Northern Lights Time Lapse Will Turn You Into A...
December 22nd marks the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, and the beginning of winter. While daylight is scant, this time lapse packs countless hours of light and beauty, courtesy of the...
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What Does The Wave Of Sexual Assaults In Germany Mean For The Refugee Crisis?
A series of sexual assaults in Germany may have devastating consequences for refugees seeking entrance into the country. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Germany has been one of Europe’s brightest...
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This Small Village In Spain Is Home To More Books Than People
In 2007, the small town of Urueña, Spain decided to become a Villa del Libro, or a town of books. This is what it looks like. One of the old medieval gates leading out of Urueña, Spain’s Villa del...
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This Stunning Interactive Map Visualizes 800,000 Refugees Entering Europe
Millions have been displaced due to conflicts in the Middle East this year. This interactive map helps visualize it. A man holds a placard as Syrian and Afghan refugees demand to travel to Germany in...
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5 Countries You May Not Know Declared War On The U.S.
Occasionally, the United States is on the receiving end of declarations of war. Here are some examples you may have missed in history class. Can you guess which of these places has at one point in time...
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The Strange, Surprising History Of The Vibrator
In the U.S. alone, the vibrator is a billion dollar industry. But how long have they really been around, and who invented them? An early vibrator ad. Image Source: Wikipedia A sex toy staple, the rise...
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The Mouthwatering History Behind Your Favorite Italian Foods
Hard times can give way to some pretty creative — and tasty — thinking. Case in point? The majority of your favorite Italian foods. The delicious simplicity of many Italian dishes stems from lack of...
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Look Out Below: The Bloody History Of Defenestration
As a method of execution, throwing someone through a window is a bizarre concept. It’s amazing there’s even a word for it, and yet there is: defenestration. We’ve witnessed it in countless movies —...
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What Are Baby Hatches?
Last month, Switzerland opened its eighth baby hatch. Here’s what it is, and why it’s so controversial. A baby box in the Czech Republic. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons In the first week of February,...
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The Tragic Heroism Of Gisella Perl, “The Angel of Auschwitz”
Forced to work for the notorious Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz, Gisella Perl risked all to save as many lives as she could. This is her incredible, heartbreaking story. Gisella Perl with a baby. Image...
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What We Loved This Week, Mar. 13 – 19
The witch doctors of Sierra Leone, tiny structures built by insects, Texas’ female gun owners, European border photography, history’s most famous betrayals. Image Source: VICE Spending A Week With The...
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Inside Semana Santa, One Of The World’s Strangest Easter Celebrations
On the Sunday before Easter, many Catholic countries begin celebrating Semana Santa, or Holy Week, an elaborate religious observance that will last until the day before Easter. Among the festival’s...
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“The Bitch of Buchenwald:” The Story Of One Of The Holocaust’s Biggest Monsters
Ilse Koch may not be as famous as the Holocaust’s ringleaders, but she was every bit as evil. This is the life story of the woman who made lampshades from the skin of her prisoners. Ilse Koch. Image...
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In Spain, A Criminal Ring Of Nuns And Doctors Stole Hundreds Of Thousands Of...
Throughout much of 20th century Spain, a criminal network of doctors and nuns stole anywhere from 40,000 to 300,000 babies from their mothers at birth, constituting one of the most horrific yet least...
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This Tiny Region In Spain Keeps Getting Hit By Falling Space Junk
One tiny region of Spain has had some unexpected — and slightly concerning — guests over the past several months: falling space junk. Members of the Explosives Deactivation Team transport space debris...
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The Shocking Story Of Olga Hepnarová, A Truck-Driving Mass Murderess
In one fell swoop, 22-year-old Olga Hepnarová killed eight people and injured dozens more in Prague. Here’s her chilling story. Hepnarová. Still from Aktualne TV. ONE SUMMER DAY IN 1973, a large group...
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7 Napoleon Bonaparte Facts They Don’t Teach You In History Class
Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the biggest names in history. Everybody’s heard of him, but there are some things you’ve probably never been told about the French emperor. Napoleon Bonaparte. YouTube...
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How Josef Mengele Became The Angel Of Death
Dr. Josef Mengele’s medical facility at Auschwitz was perhaps the most horrifying place the Holocaust produced. Who was this man behind it all, and what made him the notorious “Angel of Death?”...
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Adolf Hitler’s Birthplace May Be Destroyed
Wikimedia Commons/Facebook/ATI Composite As neo-Nazism rises in popularity across Europe, the Austrian government is taking steps to squash one of its symbolic sources: the birthplace of Adolf Hitler....
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Why Muslim Refugees Are Converting To Christianity
CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty ImagesMigrants from Syria and Afghanistan walk in a former church where 60 migrants now live, on March 3, 2016 in Cherbourg-Octeville, France. As the refugee crisis...
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