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The Great Milli Vanilli Hoax: The Truth Behind the Music Scandal That Rocked the 1990s
In 1990, Grammy-winning duo Milli Vanilli went from 'Top of the Pops' to laughing stocks when it was revealed that they had not sung a note on their own album.
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William Shakespeare’s Sister, Joan, Emerges in Long-Lost Writings
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President John Tyler’s Grandson Is Still Alive
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A Sanitized History of the Sneeze Guard
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The origins of 'with great power comes great responsibility' and the story of how it became a canon event for Spider-Man.
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The origins of April Fools’ Day have long been caught up in myths and legends involving everything from mackerels to calendar switches.
10 of the Biggest Earthquakes in History
From a surprise temblor in the Mississippi Valley to colossal ruptures and tsunamis around the Pacific Ring of Fire, these are some of the biggest earthquakes in modern times.
11 Amazing Things Invented by Kids
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How Did the White Picket Fence Become a Symbol of the American Dream?
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11 of the Greatest Pranks of All Time
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Is Death by Guillotine Painless?
Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin described the guillotine's effect as being “Like a cool breath on the back of the neck.” Anne Boleyn would likely disagree.
Watch Beavers Parachute From Planes in Footage From 1948
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An heir and a spare disappeared during England's War of the Roses. Here's what happened—and how we might hope to solve the mystery today.
Why Do We Capitalize ‘I’?
Some languages capitalize several of their pronouns. Some don’t capitalize any of them. English just capitalizes ‘I’—but why?
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Art conservators for the UK’s Royal Collection were in for quite a surprise when they set about cleaning a 17th-century oil painting.