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Emilie Sagee had a doppelganger, a ghostly twin that would accompany her everywhere. The mysterious twin would choose to make herself visible to others at random moments, scaring people around her.
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Many of us use numerous common English idioms without even thinking much about the history behind them. This article talks some of these idioms' fascinating (and sometimes dark) origins.
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The notorious excesses of the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus were too much, even for the Roman Empire.
Juliane Koepcke, a 17-year-old teenager, survived ten days alone in the Amazon rainforest after falling more than 10,000 feet during a plane crash.
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Operation Long Jump or Unternehmen Weitsprung was an audacious German plan to assassinate Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt at…
Anatoli Bugorski is the only known person to have survived an intense proton beam passing through his head.
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16th Century English soothsayer, Prophetess, and witch Mother Shipton is said to have made several uncannily accurate predictions including the COVID-19…
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In 1911, a British spiritualist was found dead at the Savoy hotel in Mussoorie India, and her mysterious murder inspired Agatha Christie to write her…
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Anthropologist Madhumala Chattopadhyay is the only woman in the world to contact the Sentinelese, one of the most isolated and dangerous tribes…
Known as the “beauty with tragedy” Madhubala’s real life was just like her stupendous blockbusters in reel-life- success, fame, immense hardship, love…
Female gladiators, or ‘gladiatrices’ were every bit as bloody, infamous, and crazy as their male counterparts in ancient Rome.
Ossip Bernstein, the chess master, was saved from death thanks to his chess skills
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