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The Mysterious Deaths of 6 Historical Figures

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(via Mental Floss) You might think that dying while famous means a well-documented death proceeding from an obvious cause, but

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(via Great Big Story) This nunnery has an empowering claim to fame—it’s the only one in Nepal where the nuns

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(via Mental Floss) In February 2011, then-Prime Minster David Cameron adopted a tabby cat from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

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(via Listverse) For much of the history of warfare, the siege has been the most common form of conflict. The

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(via Great Big Story) If you want to drink a cup of tea at the Huashan Teahouse on Mount Hua,

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(via Atlas Obscura) From 1896 until the 1930s, showmen would travel the country staging wrecks at state fairs.

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(via Atlas Obscura) And the mammoth book he wrote about it. The multi-volume, 3,500 page opus list over 16,000 apple

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(via Mental Floss) Cartoons, comics, and newspaper comic strips might seem like an unusual source of new words and phrases,

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(via Mental Floss) Over 41 issues, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published as a serial in the

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(via Great Big Story) Remember the wall crushing Kool-Aid ads that interrupted your cartoons? Mixing equal parts Van Halen and

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(via Mental Floss) If you start your morning with a hearty breakfast, you’re in good company. Many of the greatest

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(via Grunge) With few ways to fill the hours of the day, some prisoners utilized their moral flexibility, complete and