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The Curious Story Of Operation Highjump, The U.S. Military Expedition To Antarctica In 1946
Operation Highjump was an enormous U.S. military expedition to Antarctica that began in December 1946 and ultimately lasted ...
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When Humans Go Extinct, An Oxford Professor Believes Octopuses Will Be The Next To Build ...
"Given the octopus' remarkable intelligence, adaptability, and diverse range of survival strategies, it wouldn't be the most ...
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The Heartbreaking Story Of Lauren Bessette, JFK Jr.’s Sister-In-Law Who Perished In His ...
On July 17, 1999, a beachcomber at Philbin Beach in Martha’s Vineyard came across an unusual find: a business card for a Morgan Stanley financial executive named Lauren Bessette. The name almost ...
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The Truth About Rodents Of Unusual Size, From The Monsters Of Fiction To The Massive ...
In the 1973 novel The Princess Bride, Buttercup and Westley are taken by surprise when they are suddenly attacked by “rodents of unusual size,” or ROUS. The book describes the beasts as a “pure rat ...
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Judge Holden Is One Of Literature’s Most Terrifying Villains — But Was He A Real Person?
Author Cormac McCarthy is not known for writing lighthearted novels, but for all the violence and darkness his books are famous for, few are quite so unrelenting as Blood Meridian. It was published in ...
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Inside The Bloody Battle Of Alcatraz, The Prison Escape Attempt That Ended In Five Deaths
In 1946, Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, became the site of a bloody uprising that would later be known as the Battle of Alcatraz. What began as an ambitious escape attempt ...