Chez Armageddon: The 1970s Cold War Bunker Deep Below Las Vegas
The 15,200-square-foot basement on Spencer Street, Las Vegas features: two-bedrooms, three-bathrooms, a four-hole putting green, matching...
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‘She’s A Rainbow’: The Story Behind The Rolling Stones’ Classic
The Rolling Stones’ “She’s a Rainbow” is regarded nowadays as a psychedelic classic. But the group’s collective mood in 1967 can be...
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The Rajah from Tipperary (the tale of how an Irish farmer ended up ruling his own kingdom in India)
There have been many great 'adventurers'. People who have through force of will or luck or the ability to bullshit really REALLY well,...
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Possessed: Voodoo’s Origins and Influence from the Blues to Britney
Vodou (the proper Kreyol/Creole spelling of Voodoo) is a neo-African religion that evolved in the New World from the 6000-year-old West...
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Remembering When Runners Drank Champagne as an Energy Drink
At the 1908 London Summer Olympics, marathon runners hit the bottle mid-race. On July 24th 1908, The London Olympic Marathon in the...
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Native Americans Left a Code For Humans To Live By
Certain words of wisdom are followed by every person - regardless of their ethnicity, religion, tribe or culture. These words come from...
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1914-1918: Black British WW1 Forces
Despite the protests of Lord Kitchener who believed black men should not be allowed to serve, many black men volunteered for and were...
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Henri Charrière, Imprisoned On The Inescapable Devil’s Island — Then He Escaped and wrote Papillon
How Henri Charrière escaped from one of history's most infamous prisons and then won his freedom from the government that he claimed had...
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Five Female Assassins And Their Deadly Tales
Whether it's Jodie Comer in Killing Eve, Uma Thurman in Kill Bill or Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde the world are always more than a...
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When Aldous Huxley Had The 'Most Beautiful Death'
Brave New World novelist Aldous Huxley was diagnosed with cancer in 1960, at which point his health slowly began to deteriorate. On his...
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What Makes Edgar Allan Poe So Great? An Animated Video Explains
His gloomy, haunted visage adorns the covers of collected works, publications of whose like he would never see in his lifetime. Edgar...
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Watch an Art Conservator Bring Classic Paintings Back to Life in Intriguingly Narrated Videos
Even in our age of unprecedentedly abundant images, delivered to us at all times by print, film, television, and especially the...
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