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Sarah Goode, The Determined Inventor Who Became One Of The First Black Women In America To Earn A Patent
Sarah Goode was one of several Black women who received patents in the 1880s. The year after Goode submitted the patent ...
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Ancient Artifacts Uncovered In Idaho May Be Evidence Of North America’s First Human Settlement
LiveScience reports that a team of researchers analyzed ancient remains found at the Cooper’s Ferry archaeological site ...
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Egyptomania: How Widespread Fascination With Ancient Egypt Has Taken Over The Western World Again And Again
Countless people around the world have been captivated by ancient Egypt since Roman times, but especially after King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered in 1922, Egyptomania spread across Europe and the ...
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‘Ocean Census’ Project Discovers 866 New Species, From A Guitar Shark To A Mud Dragon To An Octocoral
Recently, the world’s largest ocean exploration initiative announced their discovery of more than 850 new marine species found around the globe. The Ocean Census, created two years ago by the Nippon ...
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12 Greek Gods And Goddesses From Ancient Mythology — And The Rituals, Sacrifices, And Temples They Inspired
From Apollo to Zeus, the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses are the most powerful deities in the pantheon of ancient Greek mythology and religion. The Greek gods — and the Roman gods they inspired — ...
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The Bloody History Of The Los Angeles Mafia, From Its Violent Origins To Its Rapid Downfall
While the Los Angeles Mafia never rose to the same notoriety as its counterparts in New York and Chicago, the crime family infiltrated Hollywood, had a hand in the growth of Las Vegas, and terrorized ...
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The Bizarre History Of Tyrian Purple, The Ancient Royal Dye Worth More Than Gold
In one story from Greek myth, Hercules is walking on the beach with his dog when the animal leaps on a sea snail in the surf. The dog emerges from the tussle with a muzzle dyed purple. When Hercules ...
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Why Did Rome Fall? How Corruption, Division, And Invasion Caused The Steady Collapse Of The Roman Empire
Sometime before his death in 19 B.C.E, Latin poet Albius Tibullus described Rome as the “Eternal City” in an elegy. And for hundreds of years, that phrase — Roma urbs aeternus est — rang especially ...
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Inside The Murky Legends Of ‘The Conjuring’ House Ghost Abigail Arnold
The Conjuring is one of the most popular horror franchises ever created. But while the films have terrified audiences for the better part of a decade now, the true horror comes from the fact that The ...
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Inside The Warren Museum, Ed And Lorraine Warren’s Peculiar Collection Of Occult Artifacts
For fans of the paranormal, Ed and Lorraine Warren likely need no introduction. For years, the Warrens were the world’s most famous paranormal investigators, digging into a range of alleged hauntings ...
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How The Denver Airport Murals Became A Hotbed For Conspiracies
Leo Tanguma's murals at Denver International Airport weren't supposed to be controversial — but fate had other plans. Denver International Airport has an odd history as the source of countless ...