How the sexiest video gaming character has changed over the last 20 years
Lara Croft is one of the few video game characters who have broken though niché gamer circles to become a world wide cultural phenomenon.With the franchise having sold over 42 million copies in its...
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8 weird ‘off-the-books’ traditions in the US military
The U.S. military is awash in regulations, laws, and official traditions. How troops march and salute, what uniform to wear to what event, or what you are supposed to say when greeting a superior are...
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How the 'Friday The 13th' superstition got started
Fear of Friday the 13th, also known as friggatriskaidekaphobia, plagues our society. Every year, the world loses $700 to $800 million on Friday the 13th because people won't conduct business as usual....
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Strange things 9 famous people said right before they died
People's last words are fascinating.Some share a nugget of wisdom, while others throw in one last joke. Somehow, these last words end up capturing an essence of the person who uttered them.We put...
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View ArticleAn archaeologist reveals the disturbing reason people used to eat mummies
King Francis I of France carried ground up mummy with him at all times in case of emergency. That's because mummy was widely used medicinally for thousands of years. Kathryn Hunt is a Bioarchaeologist...
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6 things I learned about money from reading famous peoples' wills
I've always been fascinated by William Shakespeare's will.Specifically, by the way he left his wife his "second-best bed," especially since historians are at odds over what he meant by it.Was this an...
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The deadliest war in North America's modern history started 105 years ago today
The Mexican Revolution, which began on 105 years ago and raged for a decade, is considered to be the first major social, political, and cultural revolution of the 20th century, and perhaps the...
View ArticleThere's a $10 million precious stone hidden in plain sight at Grand Central
Grand Central Terminal is one of the busiest train terminals on earth, with more than 700,000 people coming through the doors every day. Whether they're traveling or simply visiting the beautiful NYC...
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Vintage photos show the terrifying first expeditions into the Congo to track...
The global health system was completely unprepared when the 2014 Ebola outbreak began, according to a newly published report by a panel of experts from Harvard and the London School of Hygiene and...
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If you hold this antique book just right, you'll see a hidden masterpiece
The Cornell University Library's Rare and Manuscript Book Collection has some secrets.In a recent video posted to the Collection's Facebook, viewers can see a pair of gloved hands handling an otherwise...
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The 12 mathematicians who unlocked the modern world
Mathematics is an increasingly central part of our world and an immensely fascinating realm of thought.But long before the development of the math that gave us computers, quantum mechanics, and GPS...
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Five war heroes who also happened to be dogs
Heroes come in many forms; some are even furry and four-legged.Due in part to their superior ability to sniff and hear trouble, dogs have long been a fantastic ally and a great protector of...
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Historians are fighting over whether the Statue of Liberty was originally Muslim
A heateddebate has descended on the history world: Was the Statue of Liberty originally a Muslim woman?The discussion centers around French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the designer of the...
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The major concern about a powerful new gene-editing technique that most...
Scientists, bioethicists, and members of the public have descended on Washington, DC this week for an international meeting to discuss the ethics of a promising lab technique that lets scientists edit...
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Vintage photos show the first journeys into the Congo to find the source of...
The global health system was completely unprepared when the 2014 Ebola outbreak began, according to a newly published report by a panel of experts from Harvard and the London School of Hygiene and...
View ArticleThis secret bolt played a huge role in building New York City
In the early 19th century, John Randel Jr. set about planning what would become the gridded street plan of Manhattan. Randel spent ten years walking the entirety of the city, marking each future...
View ArticleColombia found a sunken ship with $17 billion in treasure
The Spanish galleon San Jose — one of the world's great, long-lost sunken ships — has been found.The ship was filled with gold, silver, and other valuables when it sunk in 1708. Three hundred and seven...
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Archaeologists just uncovered $17 billion in sunken treasure, but that's not...
In 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jose sank 1,000 feet under the Caribbean waves, near the coast of modern-day Cartagena, Colombia. She was on her way to Spain, bringing a hoard of treasure to fund the...
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5 military technologies that are way older than people think
Modern wars are defined by a number of technologies like guided missiles, helicopters, and submarines.Except all three of those technologies have been in service for more than a hundred years. Here are...
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