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The medical condition is named after a fictional storyteller who in turn was based on a real-life German nobleman known for telling tall tales ..read more
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During World War II, British researchers conducted tests on themselves to gauge how submariners' brains would function at extreme depths ..read more
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Unlike many of his peers, John Howland Rowe viewed the country as a source of partnership, not a laboratory to play in ..read more
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The thousands of clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb are enduring representations of the ruler’s legacy ..read more
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A group of Union men from Ohio held a makeshift Seder in the western Virginia woods in 1862 ..read more
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A second-generation immigrant, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Chinese American woman to receive her pilot's license ..read more
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Updated: April 24, 2024 | Originally Published: February 4, 2013 ..read more
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Fifty years ago, Rose Dugdale stole 19 paintings worth an estimated £8 million, including works by Vermeer, Velázquez and Rubens, from a British aristocrat's estate ..read more
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The story of the half-human, half-monkey god mirrors the journey of the protagonist in Patel's directorial debut ..read more
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The people of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, helped keep the Greenbrier resort's bunker—designed to hold the entirety of Congress—hidden from 1958 to 1992 ..read more